school choice

Will NJEA Cry Segregation When They See Niche Rankings of Our State’s Top Schools? I Doubt It, But They Should.

Niche, the platform that rates schools across the country, just announced the “top five public high schools in New Jersey.”…

4 years ago

Lilley: Murphy’s Pension Payment Is “Throwing Good Money After Bad.”

This isn’t new news but it’s also not good news.  Pew Charitable Trusts updated its pension study to include 2018 data,…

4 years ago

What’s $12 Billion Among Friends? Or, How the SDA Wasted Your Tax Money.

Last week I wrote about how the practice of nepotism at the Schools Development Authority under the “leadership” of former…

4 years ago

Newark Public Charter School Provides Brand-New Laptops So Every Child Can Succeed

Newark’s University Heights Charter School (UHCS) announced today that it has purchased over 850 brand new laptop computers and will…

4 years ago

What Does It Mean When a Seven-Year-Old With Autism Is Physically Assaulted By a School Resource Officer?

Okay. This is personal. As the mom of a son with disabilities who, while not formally diagnosed as autistic has…

4 years ago

“Unlike Most Parents, We Want To Outlive Our Children.”

That’s a parent speaking to Paul Aronsohn, Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and Their Families. As required,…

4 years ago

Samantha Bee’s Opposition to School Choice is Wrong and Hypocritical.

Samantha Bee decided to go on the attack against school choice this week during her show, Full Frontal. Based on the…

4 years ago

With A Second COVID Wave Coming, KIPPNJ Will Remain All-Remote Until January.

Chalkbeat , a nonprofit news organization covering public education, originally published this post as "KIPP New Jersey students will learn…

4 years ago

Split Screen of SDA/DOE: Nepotism In the Soprano State.

There’s been lots of chatter about news that the Governor’s Office -- not Murphy necessarily but, as NJ Spotlight puts…

4 years ago

Lilley: If NJ Teachers Want a Solvent Pension System, They Must Demand Change.

The Star-Ledger reports that NJ’s pension investments earned 1.2% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.  This is far below the 7.5%…

4 years ago