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February 8, 2016
Last week the Brookings Institute issued the Education Choice and Competition Index, which ranks 100 school districts on the “ease with which parents can exercise […]
February 8, 2016
In today’s New York Times, Paul Krugman opines that the current GOP presidential contenders represent the “time loop party” who preen on debate podia and spout […]
February 7, 2016
N.J. PARCC analyses continue to trickle in. The Star-Ledger reports that Millburn and Livingston (both on the list of rich white districts with high opt-out […]
February 5, 2016
Today’s NJ Spotlight crunches the opt-out PARCC data released recently by the N.J. Department of Education. Anti-testers are irate because the D.O.E. didn’t break down […]
February 5, 2016
Tenicka Boyd, senior director of organizing at StudentsFirstNY and the mother of a student at PS 321 in Brooklyn, describes the academic life of three […]
February 4, 2016
The Record reports today that “PARCC refusals were highest in some of the more affluent and high-achieving districts in Bergen County.” No problem, as long […]