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June 14, 2013

By Laura Waters at June 14, 2013

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Newark
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Newark Superintendent Proposes New Policy to Fight Perception That Charters “Cream Off” Top Students

Today’s Wall St. Journal reports on a new system in Newark that intends to “shut down that argument” that charter schools “ find ways to […]

June 14, 2013

By Laura Waters at June 14, 2013

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NJSBA Official Resigns after (Alleged) Anti-Semitic Remarks

New Jersey School Boards Association has asked its Legislative Vice President Rosemary Bernardi to resign after she was accused of making anti-Semitic remarks at an […]

June 13, 2013

By Laura Waters at June 13, 2013

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News

Education Platforms of NJ’s Senatorial Candidates

Where do the candidates stand on education issues, like tenure reform, expansion of public school options, vouchers, and funding? My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks […]

June 12, 2013

By Laura Waters at June 12, 2013

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News

NJ Charter School Consenus (Not)

Education Law Center has just released a somewhat bizarre statement that claims that Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan’s charter school law proposal, A 1477, represents a “broad […]

June 11, 2013

By Laura Waters at June 11, 2013

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New Jersey and the Common Core

My column today at NJ Spotlight looks at the NJ’s implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the attendant student tests. Here’s a truism: […]

June 10, 2013

By Laura Waters at June 10, 2013

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QOD: Does School Choice Increase Segregation?

Matthew M. Chingos over at the Brookings Institute analyzes data from UCLA’s Civil Rights Project in order to determine whether or not expanding school options […]