When a Rose Isn’t a Rose

Laura Waters July 26, 2010

New Jersey may have one of the nation’s top high school graduation rates, but when it comes to college just 40.9 percent of residents hold

Doing the Math in Camden

Laura Waters July 19, 2010

Today the Courier-Post examines the dipping graduation rates in Camden City’s five public high schools, where “at least 100 fewer seniors graduated…June 30 than last

Great Piece on the SRA, But…

Laura Waters July 15, 2010

James Ahearn takes on the Special Review Assessment in The Record, reviewing how students would take the SRA after failing the traditional high school proficiency

Asking The Right Question

Laura Waters May 3, 2010

Are the massive failure rates of students who took this year’s Alternative High School Assessment (AHSA) a failure of teaching or testing? That’s the heart

How We Fail the Kids in Camden

Laura Waters April 27, 2010

My heart is crushed right now just because he worked hard to reach this point,” [Beyonka] Walden-Utley said about her youngest son. “Please understand, I

NJ’s Diploma Scam, Part II

Laura Waters April 19, 2010

To recap: the Education Law Center is irate because this past January the vast majority of the 10,000 high school seniors who couldn’t pass the

NJ’s Diploma Scam: Part I

Laura Waters April 19, 2010

Last Tuesday the Education Law Center (ELC) sent a letter to Commissioner Bret Schundler requesting that he “set aside the results of last January’s Alternate