In yesterday’s Trenton Times Drs. James Deneen and Carmen Catanese propose a three-part fix for Trenton Central High School, one of NJ’s most dysfunctional educational
The Senate Assembly Education Committee was told yesterday afternoon that we can improve our failing urban schools by pairing successful, experienced teachers with struggling students,
NJEA’s PAC has just voted to endorse 47 Democrats and 24 Republicans for the New Jersey Legislature. Here’s the complete list. The press release also
The Jersey papers are chock-full of stories and editorials today about the SRA scam in which kids who fail the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA)
At Democrats for Education Reform, Executive Director Joe Williams and Director of Federal Policy Charles Barone have released a series of short papers under the
This year, in Paterson, more than 40 percent of the seniors took the special test [given to students who can’t pass the standard test]. In
While recent New Jersey history is not part of the State Board of Education’s just-released high school graduation requirements, let’s stroll back down memory lane
An organization called Our Children/Our Schools, which describes itself as “a statewide education justice campaign whose membership includes education, children’s advocacy and civil rights organizations,”
The SRA [Special Review Assessment] is in some ways a modern paraphrase of the Wizard of Oz’s gift to the scarecrow: “I can’t give you
The Record crows today, New Jersey continues to lead the nation in the percentage of students who graduate from high school, according to a national