June 14, 2009
To say we had some preconceived notion isn’t fair to us. We look at all the facts. Joyce Powell, President of the NJEA, on whether […]
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June 12, 2009
Last month, Bob Bowdon’s documentary “The Cartel” premiered at the Hoboken Film Festival. The movie criticizes American education, and New Jersey in particular, as over-priced […]
June 12, 2009
The New Jersey Education Association just issued this press release announcing that Chris Christie will not seek its endorsement: In a letter to NJEA President […]
June 11, 2009
Why is Corzine’s labor deal with CWA a bad sign for education reform in New Jersey? The jury’s still out on whether a deal that […]
June 7, 2009
As part of a listening tour, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is coming to New Jersey Friday. He will visit North Star Academy with Corzine […]
June 4, 2009
The Daily Record reports that over the next five years 40% of Morris County’s teaching force will retire. Some districts – Chester, East Hanover, Mine […]
June 2, 2009
Joan Whitlow, formerly a Star-Ledger editorialist and now with New Jersey Newsroom, opines that we should send teachers to summer school: Some of what is […]
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 28, 2009
Esteemed education scholar Diane Ravitch is engaging in a bizarre bit of sniping at the Education Equality Project, the education reform group headed by NYC […]
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 12, 2009
Teacher unions have been under more scrutiny lately, especially the tenure laws that force districts to retain incompetent instructors (see here from the L.A. Times […]
May 11, 2009
There’s been a fair amount of buzz regarding David Brooks’ column in the New York Times this past Friday. Brooks highlights The Promise Academy, a […]