October 21, 2015
The New Jersey Department of Education released the state’s first PARCC results yesterday afternoon. No surprises here: student proficiency scores were lower because the tests […]
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September 15, 2015
The members of New Jersey’s “review” of the Common Core State Standards are faced with a thankless task: fussing over highly-regarded academic standards that were […]
September 2, 2015
So, how’s it going at Camden Public Schools, where three new renaissance schools – hybrid district/charter schools run by non-profit operators KIPP, Mastery, and Uncommon […]
September 2, 2015
The Newark School Advisory Board, reports the Star-Ledger, has a reasonable request: the state Department of Education should turn around district accountability evaluations, at least […]
August 5, 2015
Last week Theresa Luhm, managing director of the Education Law Center proposed a timeline for a transition to local control for Newark Public Schools. But […]
July 22, 2015
Speaking of charter schools and students with disabilities , a series of documents came through the transom last week regarding a charter school application to […]
July 16, 2015
Yesterday the New Jersey Department of Education released its first ever publication of the results of N.J.’s new teacher evaluation system, which rates teachers on […]
June 12, 2015
It starts here: The New Jersey Department of Education just released the “2013-2014 Final Educator Evaluation Implementation Report,” which lays out the results of New […]
June 2, 2015
While we do not yet know how many teachers may be subject to discipline once this year’s evaluations are completed, NJEA will vigorously represent any […]
May 21, 2015
Here’s Louis Correro, a fourth-grader at Ethical Community Charter School in Jersey City, in today’s NJ Spotlight piece on N.J.’s charter school funding inequities: “Sadly, […]
May 5, 2015
Here’s a parent of a high school student enrolled at Asbury Park High School: “I am so done with that district,” said Phyllis Ling, who […]
April 23, 2015
Echoing U.S. Sec’y of Education Arne Duncan’s announcement this week at the Education Writers Association conference, N.J. Ed. Commissioner David Hespe said yesterday, according to […]