June 17, 2009
An organization called Our Children/Our Schools, which describes itself as “a statewide education justice campaign whose membership includes education, children’s advocacy and civil rights organizations,” […]
June 9, 2009
The Record crows today, New Jersey continues to lead the nation in the percentage of students who graduate from high school, according to a national […]
June 5, 2009
Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced today in Newark that New Jersey will receive $891 million in federal stimulus funding. According to the Associated Press, New […]
June 1, 2009
The Record reports today that Corzine’s whole preschool expansion plan is “on hold, with no funds for new classes included in next year’s recession-crunched budget.” […]
June 1, 2009
Not sure it’s Oscar buzz, but it sure sounds like the new movie “The Cartel” is putting N..J.’s educational establishment on the defensive. Word is […]
May 30, 2009
More Abbott Fall-Out: The press continues to ponder the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday that the School Funding Reform Act (S.F.R.A.) is “constitutionally adequate” . […]
May 27, 2009
The Star-Ledger reports today on a bizarre result of the new School Funding Reform Act in the tiny wealthy Monmouth County village of Loch Arbour. […]
May 26, 2009
Bob Ingle reports on the new feature-length movie “The Cartel,” which pans American education in general and New Jersey public education in particular. Here’s some […]
May 26, 2009
The co-founder and school leader of Hope Academy Charter School in Asbury Park, Alexis Harris, has an editorial in the Asbury Park Press in which […]
May 25, 2009
Math teachers (see this post) are not the only group raising questions about the D.O.E.’s revisions of core curriculum content standards, the mandated teaching guides […]