NJ Spotlight today looks at how Newark Public Schools’ teachers performed under the new evaluation system, which was jointly approved by AFT President Randi Weingarten,
My column today at NJ Spotlight examines the conflict between those who fear that escalating use of data in evaluating student growth and teacher performance
Could be. The Trentonian reports on a state arbiter’s ruling that a Paterson elementary school teacher should lose his tenure rights: It was reported that
Today the NJ Assembly is scheduled to vote on A-3696, which would provide tenure-like protection to all public school employees, including teaching assistants, bus drivers,
Here’s this week’s post at WHYY’s Newsworks: I stumbled out of the opening panel Thursday night at the Yale School of Management’s seventh annual Education
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
The Hunterdon County Democrat Editorial Board weighs in on teacher discomfort with NJ’s new teacher evaluation legislation because of discomfort with the fairness of both
The New Jersey Department of Education has released two reports that evaluate the status of the first-year pilot for evaluating teachers. One was prepared by
Did anyone else think that Deborah Kenny’s op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times on teacher evaluations — called “Want to Ruin Teaching? Give Ratings” —
A NJ educator, Dr. Michael Hoban, proposes a merit pay system in today’s NJ Spotlight in which only “Master Teachers” get tenure and, then, are