June 17, 2009
The State Board of Education has just issued a press release stating that they have adopted new high school graduation requirements and revised the Core […]
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May 5, 2009
Derrell Bradford of E3 (Excellent Education for Everyone) has a new column out that slams the D.O.E.’s Special Review Assessment, the test that high schoolers […]
April 21, 2009
Here’s a shocker. The Asbury Park Press’s Diane D’Amico reports that most kids who took the Special Review Assessment, an alternative test given to those […]
April 21, 2009
That’s an easy one. It’s education, stupid. Or it is once you parse the political pablum, thankfully at a minimum but repeated in the Star-Ledger […]
April 1, 2009
Last week, Judge Peter Doyne announced a ruling that, if upheld, will change the way we finance the education of poor children in New Jersey. […]
March 19, 2009
The Philadelphia Inquirer just reported that the NJ DOE has bowed to pressure and agreed to eliminate Algebra II from the list of new high […]
March 5, 2009
A Star-Ledger editorial today pans the DOE’s new high school graduation requirements: Education Commissioner Lucille Davy insists all children are born with the ability to […]
March 4, 2009
A piece in the Gloucester County Times surveys three districts in regard to the newly rigorous high school requirements: Washington, which boasts a 97% graduation […]
February 19, 2009
The Star-Ledger reports today that the DOE granted “preliminary approval” to their own plan to increase graduation requirements for the state’s high schools. (Boy, must […]
February 5, 2009
As the new data from the N.J. State Report Cards makes the rounds, the DOE is caught in the unenviable position of defending uneven test […]
February 3, 2009
New Jersey’s High School Redesign Steering Committee recently issued a set of newly rigorous requirements for public school diplomas. This effort is part of Corzine […]
January 28, 2009
There’s been much talk about reforming our high schools so that, according to the ubiquitous soundbite, our students are prepared for the 21st century in […]