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What is Driving Newark Students’ Academic Growth? Answers Here, Via New Harvard Analysis

Researchers at Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) are releasing a  study today called “Assessing the Impact of…

7 years ago

“Significant Reforms” Drive Newark Students’ Steady Academic Gains

We are very encouraged by results that show our students continue to make steady gains, especially when comparing their results…

7 years ago

Happy 20th Anniversary to New Jersey’s Charter Schools! A New Report Parses the Quality of the Sector

Twenty years ago New Jersey opened its first charter school. To mark the occasion, the New Jersey Charter School Association…

7 years ago

Was Lakewood Board of Education’s Hiring of Attorney Inzelbuch Legal? NJ Attorney General Says “Maybe Not.”

The letter below was sent to me by a kind reader who wishes to remain anonymous. This letter was procured…

7 years ago

“You Have to Ask — What is Going on Here?’’ The Canary is Dead in Lakewood

I’ve written much about Lakewood’s practice of privileging ultra-Orthodox Jewish schoolchildren, particularly those with special needs, over the school district’s…

7 years ago

“I was never hungry in Nigeria.”— Three NJ Teachers Risk Everything To Save Their Students

(This is a guest post from my pal and colleague Erika Sanzi. It was originally posted on Erika's blog, Good…

7 years ago

“If You’re Not a White Boy, You’re Less Likely to Be Diagnosed with Autism”

The National Autism Coordinator of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently submitted  a report to Congress called…

7 years ago

“I’m Embarrassed By My Union”: NJ Teachers Respond to NJEA’s Vendetta Against Steve Sweeney

As many (if not all) of you know, NJEA leaders have made an ill-considered decision to throw their clout behind…

7 years ago

Five Maxims for Phil Murphy

At a town hall in Montclair this past weekend, Phil Murphy held forth on the four New Jersey school districts…

7 years ago

NJEA and the Politics of Resentment

N.J.’s big education news is our kids’ sharp rise in proficiency levels on this past Spring’s state standardized test called…

7 years ago