September 29, 2013
Barbara Buono says she’ll be the “education governor.” Real Clear Politics, in “African Americans Embrace Christie,” analyzes a new Quninipiac poll that gives Christie a […]
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September 27, 2013
Here’s a bit of NJ weirdness: the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders) has issued a resolution “in opposition to the Common Core and Assessments.” […]
September 27, 2013
A few thoughts on John Reitmeyer’s commentary at The Record, which compares the education platforms of Gov. Christie and his challenger, Sen. Barbara Buono: The […]
September 26, 2013
My column today at WHYY’s Newsworks considers the NJ DOE’s proposal to raise the required G.P.A. for new teachers to 3.0. Would this change be […]
September 25, 2013
David Leonhardt of the New York Times interviews U.S. Ed. Sec. Arne Duncan, former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, and former Michigan Governor John Engler: Leonhardt: […]
September 24, 2013
From Politico: WHAT’S NEXT FOR PARCC? — Fla. Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order Monday saying he wanted out of the Common Core testing […]
September 24, 2013
NJ Spotlight today looks at how Newark Public Schools’ teachers performed under the new evaluation system, which was jointly approved by AFT President Randi Weingarten, […]
September 22, 2013
The Star Ledger is conducting a poll to determine if New Jerseyans believe that, per a new rule proposed by Chris Cerf, aspiring teachers should […]
September 20, 2013
Diane Ravitch published her new book last week, “Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools.” There’s […]
September 20, 2013
Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) is making headlines with his comment that “I know if Gov. Christie took 10 minutes out of his schedule to walk […]
September 19, 2013
My column today at WHYY’s Newsworks is called “Standardized Tests: High Stakes for Adults, Not Kids” and looks at the “opt-out” movement, which urges parents […]
September 18, 2013
The [New Jersey] State Board heard an update on the intervention in the Camden school district. In the months since the state intervened in Camden, […]