Lisa Wolff, President of the Hopewell Valley Regional School Board (Mercer County) explains how NJ’s “misguided” superintendent salary caps, intended to reduce school costs, actually
EdWeek reports today that, according to a a new study, charter schools in Newark receive $15,973 per pupil, $10,000 less than Newark’s traditional public schools.
From Joseph Del Grosso, President of the Newark Teachers Union: Dear Senator Rice and Assemblywoman Wagner: I am writing to you about a serious problem
At long last the New Jersey Department of Education has released its “NJ School Performance Reports,” which replace the old School Report Cards. Details on
Gordon MacInnes, head of NJ Policy Perspective and former honcho at the NJ Department of Education, is in a pet. In a column at Huffington
A report commissioned by ASAH, the NJ consortium of private special education schools found that students in these out-of-district placements have better outcomes than students
Today’s NJ Spotlight profiles the NJ DOE’s annual list of the state’s highest-performing “Reward” schools. According to our waiver for No Child Left Behind, every
Education Law Center has issued a press release condemning Gov.Christie’s proposed state school aid budget as “paltry,” “not keeping pace with inflation,” “legally improper,” “arbitrary,”
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks looks at the reaction of various interest groups — school boards, teachers’ union, principals and supervisors, superintendents — to
The honeymoon’s over. After years of attacking Gov. Christie and his education agenda full throttle – and losing authority, gravitas, and public support – NJEA’s