All Hail NJEA. All Jeer UFT.
Laura Waters
February 12, 2018
When I was growing up in New York City, visitors from New Jersey were disparagingly mocked as the “bridge and tunnel crowd.” Woody Allen got
Why Can’t Plainfield City Find a Superintendent?
Laura Waters
February 6, 2018
You have to have the parents of this district who are going to charter schools feel comfortable about coming here,” he said. “If they don’t,
Cerf: “This Is The Moment. The Biggest Risk as We Go To Local Control Is That Lurking In the Background Is a Real Transactional Mentality.”
Laura Waters
February 5, 2018
Last week in The 74 I analyzed the legacy of Chris Cerf’s tenure in New Jersey, both as Commissioner of Education and, more recently, as
The “Virtuous Circle” in Camden: Positive Progress Yields Community Support
Laura Waters
February 1, 2018
Bryan Morton, Executive Director of Great Camden Schools, has an op-ed in the Courier Post that traces the arc of Camden Public Schools’ transformation, which
Great News! Lakewood Board of Education and Michael Inzelbuch Threaten to Resign
Laura Waters
January 31, 2018
“Tell the state we’re not to be messed with,” Board of Education lawyer Michael Inzelbuch boomed into a microphone inside the high school commons last
A Fiscal Realist Responds to David Sciarra’s Innumeracy
Laura Waters
January 29, 2018
David G. Sciarra, executive director of the Education Law Center, wrote an editorial last week in NJ Spotlight slamming former Governor Chris Christie for not spending
What If We Held Traditional School to the Same Standards As Charter Schools?
Laura Waters
January 26, 2018
The Star-Ledger reports that the International Academy of Trenton (IAT), a public charter school serving grades K-5, is being shut down for failing to meet
An Addendum to the Four Education Promises Gov. Murphy Can’t Keep
Laura Waters
January 24, 2018
I have a piece in The 74 called “Four Education Promises New Jersey’s New Governor Can’t — or Shouldn’t — Keep.” If I had a
Out-going DOE Deputy Commissioner On How New Jersey’s Recent Education Changes Help Students
Laura Waters
January 23, 2018
(This is a guest post by Peter Shulman who was, until very recently, Deputy Commissioner of the Education for New Jersey. He helped drive policy
What Can My District Do to Increase Parent Engagement?
Laura Waters
January 19, 2018
I live in a township in the middle of New Jersey that’s home to a culturally and economically diverse school district. That’s not very common