School Quality

MCKENNA: Is Public Education on Life Support?

Laura McKenna is an education writer based in New Jersey. You can find her at www.lauramckenna.com. This was originally published at Laura McKenna’s…

2 years ago

In Newark This Weekend: Free In-Person School Fair Will Help Families Choose the Best School For Their Children

My Schools Newark announced today that it will host a school fair this Saturday, May 21st, from 10am-2pm at Military…

3 years ago

ANALYSIS: Newark Superintendent León Crosses the Line As He Promotes A School Fraught With Violence

Ready for your dose of cognitive dissonance? Yesterday at 10:39 am  Chalkbeat published an exposé of Newark's Malcolm X Shabazz High…

3 years ago

Two Corrections to New Jersey Teachers Union President Sean Spiller’s Op-Ed

Sean Spiller, newly-coronated president of the New Jersey Education Association, had an opinion piece in the Star-Ledger Monday exulting in…

3 years ago

Dear Readers: NJ Education Report Wants to Hear From You!

Dear readers, As you may know, I’ve been working on a series that asks the question, “Is the New Jersey…

4 years ago

LILLEY: NJ Is Tops Because of High Education Spending That Benefits NJEA, Not Students

FLORIDA GETS BETTER RESULTS AT LESS THAN HALF THE PRICE According to Governor Murphy, New Jersey public schools got the…

4 years ago

What Does Your New VP of the New Jersey State Board of Education Think About Testing and Accountability? Let Him Tell You Himself.

Last week Andrew Mulvihill was elected Vice President of the New Jersey State Board of Education, with Kathy Goldenberg as…

5 years ago

New Community Advocacy Group Project Ready, Hosts “1,000 Newarkers Vote By Mail” Luncheon

I go to education-related events all the time but I’ve rarely been as inspired as I was Saturday in Newark.…

6 years ago

As Newark Changes, We Can’t Leave Our Children Behind

This is a guest post by A. Robert Gregory, Superintendent/CEO of the Marion P. Thomas Charter School network and fromer Interim…

6 years ago

Just How Good Is Your Local School District? You Won’t Find Out By Browsing Ratings Sites. Spotlight on Princeton, Montclair, and Newark.

Over the weekend the Star-Ledger published a list of high schools with “surprisingly low scores” on school quality. Unlike the…

6 years ago