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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 15, 2015
A Bronx parent of three kids with special needs rebuts NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s claims that charter schools are […]
September 14, 2015
It starts here: Ras Baraka hasn’t just cooled the campaign rhetoric, he’s proven that he knows the value of eclectic and diversified approaches to a […]
September 13, 2015
The Star-Ledger reports on DOE changes to high school graduation testing requirements: New Jersey’s new class of high school freshmen won’t have to pass the PARCC exams […]
September 11, 2015
The Star-Ledger asks, “where did that $200 million to Newark Public Schools go?” The biggest chunk, 44.6%, went to labor and contract costs: “$48.3 million […]
September 11, 2015
Bellwether has just issued a “briefing book” called “The State of the Charter School Movement” which “reviews the current state of play of the charter […]