April 17, 2015
What looks like a victory to some parents may soon backfire in their faces. The anti-PARCC hysteria that’s torn through the Park Slopes of New […]
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April 16, 2015
New Jersey’s opt-out numbers are in, reports today’s NJ Spotlight. (Here’s additional coverage from the Star Ledger, The Record, and the Wall Street Journal.) Education […]
April 13, 2015
Today’s NJ Advance Media article (i.e., Star-Ledger) notes this July marks the 20th anniversary of state control of Newark. Over the last two decades, the […]
March 26, 2015
It starts here: Legislators, lobbyists, and Twitter feeds were aflame last week when news surfaced that Pearson, the company that produces PARCC assessments, had hired […]
March 20, 2015
Yesterday I wrote a response to Bob Braun’s attack on New Jersey’s Assistant Commissioner Bari Erlichson. Braun did acknowledge errors – not to me (which […]
March 19, 2015
It starts here: Last week, the Paterson Charter School of Science and Technology held its annual enrollment lottery. There were 1,437 applicants for 99 openings, […]
March 19, 2015
A clip from The Record editorial, but read the whole thing: IT’S WRONG to make a school exam public before students take it. And those who […]
March 17, 2015
Much of the analysis of the public education system in Newark feels unreliable; everyone, it seems, has an agenda. “New Jersey and local school officials […]
March 16, 2015
Amid all the mythology about PARCC tests – teachers will be fired! students won’t graduate! the tests cost too much! they undermine instruction!* – news […]
February 17, 2015
Fifteen years ago the N.J. School Boards Association reported on “new challenges” to the state’s public schools. The State had introduced its Core Curriculum Content […]
February 12, 2015
It starts here: On Monday the Courier-Post asserted that Camden Public Schools conceals an “eye-popping” and “unique” percentage of high school seniors who graduate through […]
February 6, 2015
I graduated from Camden schools, and the quality of the education my children were getting has been far below what I received. I’m glad that […]