March 18, 2013
According to the Star-Ledger, a school board meeting in Monroe Township got “heated” when Superintendent Kenneth Hamilton “launched an angry tirade” against former board member […]
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March 6, 2013
This just in from New Jersey School Boards Association: Senate Bill 1191, which would restrict school districts’ abilities to outsource certain services, is through committee […]
December 13, 2012
New Jersey School Boards Association has no truck with a new DOE proposal that would let school superintendents unilaterally call for school board meetings. Currently, […]
December 11, 2012
From the Star-Ledger: Spending on school board races across the state this year fell to $597,000, a figure about one third of the amount spent […]
November 9, 2012
Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenberg, sponsor of the bill that permits schools districts to avoid budget votes in exchange for moving board elections to November, […]
October 11, 2012
That’s the topic of my post today at WHYY’s Newsworks: Many of us are preoccupied with behind-the-scenes election questions this week. Does the panicky Obama […]
October 4, 2012
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks is called “Camden’s Rejection of Private School Managers Highlights Bigger Debate Over Urban Education. Here’s the first part: Over […]
October 1, 2012
What to make of the debacle in Camden last week when the School Board there, considering four proposals to build new schools, declined to approve […]
July 13, 2012
Not so much, according to today’s NJ Spotlight. In fact, fewer candidates are filing for spots on boards that chose to move elections to November. […]
May 23, 2012
Chester Finn comments on “a fascinating tidbit” from Arne Duncan’s new Race To The Top heat, which is directed at individual school districts rather than […]
May 17, 2012
When school boards choose superintendents there’s typically consensus among members. Lengthy sifting of resumes, multiple interviews, collaboration, and a shared vision of educational needs usually […]
April 19, 2012
On Tuesday I looked at the peculiar antics at Lakewood Public Schools, where the Board shifted to November elections and then, at a meeting where […]