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December 16, 2013
By Laura Waters at December 16, 2013
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NJ Assembly Hears About “Wasteful Spending” on Special Education

The NJ Assembly Education Committee is hearing testimony today from DOE staffers about “wasteful spending” in NJ’s industry of private special education schools, which are […]
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December 16, 2013
By Laura Waters at December 16, 2013
Topic
  • Camden
  • DOE News
  • News
  • State

Four New Charter Schools Approved for Jersey

Four  charter organizations have just been approved by the NJ Department of Education to open new schools in September. According to NJ Spotlight, the four […]
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November 27, 2013
By Laura Waters at November 27, 2013
Topic
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  • News
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  • Trenton

Just How Popular is School Choice in New Jersey? Too Popular for the Christie Administration.

Last week at WHYY Newsworks I wrote about the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program’s (IPSCP) growing pains, which have been largely inflicted by the NJ […]
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November 21, 2013
By Laura Waters at November 21, 2013
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  • DOE News
  • News
  • State

Just How Pro-Choice is Christie’s Department of Education?

From my column today at WHYY’s Newsworks: New Jersey has one of the most segregated public school systems in the country, primarily because our local […]
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November 5, 2013
By Laura Waters at November 5, 2013
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  • DOE News
  • News
  • State

Will a Vote for Buono Protect Collective Bargaining and Charter School Expansion?

Bob Braun, former Star-Ledger columnist and current unplugged blogger and cross-poster at Blue Jersey, explains why he’s voting for Barbara Buono today: I am voting […]
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October 29, 2013
By Laura Waters at October 29, 2013
Topic
  • DOE News
  • News
  • State

State Caps Interdistrict School Choice Program; Christie, Cerf, and DOE on the Wrong Side

Here’s a blow for school choice supporters: the Courier Post reports today that the NJ Department of Education has capped enrollment for the state’s popular […]
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October 18, 2013
By Laura Waters at October 18, 2013
Topic
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  • News
  • State

QOD: Creepy Quiet Times at NJ DOE

NJ Spotlight considers the dearth of action at both the State Department and Board of Education as election day approaches: The state Board of Education’s […]
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October 17, 2013
By Laura Waters at October 17, 2013
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Some Good News about Data-Driven Teacher Evaluations

In today’s New York Times David Leonhardt examines a new study from the D.C. school system on its teacher evaluation program called Impact, which was […]
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September 26, 2013
By Laura Waters at September 26, 2013
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New WHYY column: Would Raising the Requirement for Teachers’ GPA’s Improve Teacher Quality?

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
By Laura Waters at September 20, 2013
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  • Trenton

Is It Time For Trenton to Have some Urban Hope?

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 […]
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