June 20, 2014
Here’s this week’s WHYY Newsworks column: Public school calendars may be winding down, but education rhetoric is heating up after a startling ruling last week […]
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June 12, 2014
Today’s WHYY Newsworks: The New Jersey Education Association, N.J.’s primary teacher union, is suing Gov. Chris Christie for reneging on a legally-mandated $2.4 billion pension […]
June 5, 2014
Here’s today’s WHYY Newsworks column: Summer’s lethargy is nearly upon us, but the New Jersey Legislature is steaming ahead, at least in the arena of […]
June 2, 2014
In this month’s issue of New Jersey Family, I look at the basics: Time for a pop quiz. Charter schools are: A) profit-hungry pseudo-public schools […]
May 19, 2014
Camden Public Schools’ Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard’s office issued a press release today describing the logic behind the district’s downsizing of staff and announcing a series […]
May 13, 2014
New Jersey clings to the student-unfriendly policy of laying off school staff in order of seniority regardless of classroom effectiveness. So, as NJ Spotlight reports […]
May 8, 2014
Here’s today’s WHYY Newsworks column: You know it’s silly season when the big N.J. mayoral election news of the day is that Eva Longoria endorsed […]
May 7, 2014
The Star Ledger reports today that American Federation of Teacher President Randi Weingarten will meet with teachers from Newark’s Hawthorne Avenue Elementary School to share […]
April 22, 2014
Yesterday the Asbury Park Press published a six-page article on the woes at Asbury Park High School. Last year 51% of the Asbury Park senior […]
April 10, 2014
The New Jersey Appellate Court ruled against NJ Education Association yesterday, denying its challenge to former Commissioner Cerf’s approval of two “blended learning” schools, i.e., […]
April 9, 2014
From today’s NJ Spotlight: NJ Spotlight just reported that next year one out of four Newark public school students will opt to attend a charter […]
April 2, 2014
Steve Fulop, mayor of Jersey City and gubernatorial hopeful, endorsed Ras Baraka for mayor of Newark back in February but, according to today’s PolitickerNJ, Fulop’s […]