December 16, 2013
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 […]
December 16, 2013
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 […]
November 27, 2013
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 […]
November 21, 2013
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 […]
November 5, 2013
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 […]
October 29, 2013
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 […]
October 18, 2013
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 […]
October 17, 2013
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 […]
September 26, 2013
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 […]
September 20, 2013
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 […]