September 26, 2013
My column today at WHYY’s Newsworks considers the NJ DOE’s proposal to raise the required G.P.A. for new teachers to 3.0. Would this change be […]
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September 20, 2013
Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) is making headlines with his comment that “I know if Gov. Christie took 10 minutes out of his schedule to walk […]
September 19, 2013
My column today at WHYY’s Newsworks is called “Standardized Tests: High Stakes for Adults, Not Kids” and looks at the “opt-out” movement, which urges parents […]
September 18, 2013
The [New Jersey] State Board heard an update on the intervention in the Camden school district. In the months since the state intervened in Camden, […]
August 29, 2013
There’s a problem in paradise. Okay, maybe not, but there’s at least an inconvenient delay at the NJ’s Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows […]
June 24, 2013
NJ Spotlight and the Philadelphia Inquirer report that the State Board of Education has appointed Peggy Nicolosi to be Interim Superintendent of Camden Public Schools. […]
June 11, 2013
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: […]
May 30, 2013
Check out NJ Spotlight’s update on New Jersey’s progress towards implementing the promises made in our (third time’s the charm) winning application to the federal […]
May 13, 2013
By now everyone’s heard about the horrific story of the Trenton mother and her five children held hostage by the mother’s boyfriend for two weeks. […]
April 11, 2013
At long last the New Jersey Department of Education has released its “NJ School Performance Reports,” which replace the old School Report Cards. Details on […]
April 2, 2013
At last night’s NJ Spotlight Roundtable entitled “Camden Schools and the Future of Urban Education in New Jersey, Camden School Board Member Sean Brown (a […]
March 26, 2013
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks is titled “Christie Doesn’t Trust Camden to Pick New Superintendent”: Why did the State take over Camden’s public schools? […]