Students with Disabilities

Six Ways in Which Lakewood is “Special”; Or, What Happens When Local Control Runs Wild

I've been thinking about local control lately and the ways in which it contributes, both locally and nationally, to public…

7 years ago

Why Mark Rynone Left Corporate to Help Kids With Special Needs

Mark Rynone considers his passion for education as an outgrowth of family values. After all, his mother, brother and a…

7 years ago

Fishing for Integrity in Lakewood

Two weeks ago Jersey Matters interviewed State Senator Robert Singer about Lakewood Public Schools’ practice of placing ultra-Orthodox students with…

7 years ago

Follow the Money All the Way to Lakewood; Or, Kneel to the Vaad

This just in from Matt Rooney of Save Jersey, who speculates how Governor-to-be Phil Murphy so easily secured the Democratic…

7 years ago

Is It Time to Show A Little Love For Poor Betsy DeVos?

It’s been a Conservative/Tea Party talking point for a while now: get rid of the U.S. Department of Education and.(cuing…

8 years ago

After the Women’s March, New Rules, New Energy, and a Renewed Focus on Education

Not long ago, a group of women education bloggers from around the country shared their thoughts on what it means…

8 years ago

Let’s Avoid “Alternative Facts” When We Talk About School Choice and Charter Schools

Over the weekend, Americans were introduced to a new meme: “alternative facts,” Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway’s awkward rationalization of the president’s reality-challenged…

8 years ago

My Take on the Betsy DeVos Hearing: Paging Blanche DuBois

I’ve tried to be open-minded about Trump’s nominee for Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos. Many people I respect view her as…

8 years ago