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July 28, 2015
Here’s my new NJ Spotlight piece: Are we being over-optimistic when it comes to how well NJ’s middle-class students are being prepared for college? If […]
July 27, 2015
lana Dubin Spiegel @ilanadspiegel@educationweek 175 civil rights groups oppose high-stakes, test-based accountability #ESEA j4jalliance.com/media/openlett… @J4J_USA @SavOurSchoolsNJ Wow! 175 civil rights group oppose annual testing! I […]
July 27, 2015
Props to Senator Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), who withstood pressure from NJEA and Save Our Schools-NJ and stood strong against an Assembly bill that would have […]
July 26, 2015
The state deadline for filing for school board candidacy is Monday. Here’s the lowdown from New Jersey School Boards Association. Do it! The rhetoric on […]
July 24, 2015
Great read in The Atlantic about the alignment of disability advocates and civil rights leaders on the necessity of maintaining federal oversight, annual testing, and accountability in […]
July 24, 2015
Today’s Wall St. Journal reports that Newark Public Schools currently has 453 staff members in the pool of “educators without placement.” That’s 15% of Newark […]