LATEST EDUCATION NEWS
September 27, 2011
Powerful piece by Kati Haycock, “Look to Schools to Solve the Achievement Gap:” It’s “easy to blame low achievement among these students on uninvolved parents […]
September 27, 2011
A new Fairleigh Dickinson University poll shows that Gov. Christie’s blustery overhaul of public employee pension and health benefits contributions (which includes NJ’s public school […]
September 27, 2011
Speaking of white papers, here’s a new one from the Education Trust, entitled “Fair to Everyone: Building the Balanced Teacher Evaluations that Educators and Students […]
September 27, 2011
One tiny piece of charter legislation passed the Senate yesterday: Bill S1858, which allows parochial schools to convert to public charters, with the condition that […]
September 27, 2011
From NJ BIZ which asks, “how should education be reformed in New Jersey?” Cast your own vote (though no vote-tweeting allowed). Most recent faves: Allow […]
September 25, 2011
The Trenton Times ran a two-part series this week (one, two) that describes some of the failings of local charter schools. For counterpoint, see this […]