March 15, 2012
NJ Spotlight reports that the NJ DOE is way past its self-imposed February deadline to release high school graduation rates. Collateral damage is the NJ […]
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October 25, 2011
So I’m here to say that we can’t wait for an increasingly dysfunctional Congress to do its job. Where they won’t act, I will. In […]
October 20, 2011
Today the NJ Department of Education submitted its application for the third round of the federal Race To The Top competition. This proposal targets early […]
September 23, 2011
About an hour ago U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan joined NJ Education Commissioner Chris Cerf and Delaware Secretary of Education Lillian Lowery for a bit […]
September 8, 2011
The Record reports that NJ is eligible for $28 million in the third round of the federal education reform competition, Race To The Top. A […]
July 18, 2011
That’s my new column at NJ Spotlight. Check it out. As we approach the one-year anniversary of the federal competition Race To The Top, it’s […]
May 26, 2011
Here’s an irony for this balmy Thursday. In today’s NJ Spotlight Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan derides the Christie Administration’s failed bid for federal Race To The […]
April 1, 2011
From news reports: The Obama Administration has announced a national competition, much like Race To The Top, to create voucher programs. However, unlike RTTT, states […]
March 30, 2011
I spent Thursday night and Friday at the Yale School of Management Ed Reform conference, “From Policy to Practice,” although the emphasis seemed less on […]
January 26, 2011
From President Obama’s State of the Union address last night: Race to the Top is the most meaningful reform of our public schools in a […]
November 29, 2010
Diane Ravitch argues in the Wall Street Journal today that the Republican Party is faced with an “educational dilemma” because it’s always been the party […]
November 4, 2010
Everyone’s atwitter over Education Commissioner Rochelle Hendricks’ letter to NJEA President Barbara Keshishian in which she declines to attend the “Meet the Commissioner” session tomorrow […]