We looked at Pleasantville High School last week in the context of Diane Ravitch’s new book, chosen at random among the cohort of segregated, impoverished, […]

Speaking of caps on municipalities and school districts, Bob Ingle remarks on the Star-Ledger’s analysis of Corzine’s 4% cap, “nearly a third of the state’s […]

The Record has a scoop: Christie will propose on Tuesday a constitutional amendment limiting school and municipality tax increases to a hard cap of 2.5%. […]

Take education. Obama has taken on a Democratic constituency, the teachers’ unions, with a courage not seen since George W. Bush took on the anti-immigration […]

The final vote this afternoon was 35-2. Senators John A. Girgenti and Nia Gill voted against the Education Commissioner’s confirmation.