May 16, 2013
On Monday I asked whether the horrible hostage situation in Trenton last weekend (mother and son murdered; four children held hostage) could have been resolved […]
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May 16, 2013
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks looks at a draft Resolution that will be considered today at New Jersey School Boards Delegate Assembly. The Resolution, […]
May 15, 2013
The Asbury Park Press is reporting new developments in Lakewood, home to a beleaguered school district that struggles to balance the transportation and special education […]
May 14, 2013
New Jersey Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce, (R-Morris) on the importance of full-day kindergarten: “(Kindergarteners) are so smart today, they need to be in school all […]
May 13, 2013
Tom Moran considers the prospects of Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson, who is struggling to improve a district where half the kids drop out before finishing […]
May 13, 2013
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board responds to the news the ACLU has filed objections with the NJ State Legislature because the state just awarded over $10 […]
May 13, 2013
By now everyone’s heard about the horrific story of the Trenton mother and her five children held hostage by the mother’s boyfriend for two weeks. […]
May 10, 2013
Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D-Essex) is pushing a bill introduced this past December that would stop retired NJ school superintendents from “double-dipping,” or collecting pensions while […]
May 10, 2013
A month ago, in an essay at WHYY’s Newsworks, I waxed rhapsodic over Connecticut’s mature, patient approach to education reform, as opposed to New Jersey’s […]
May 9, 2013
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks notes the 30th anniversary of “A Nation at Risk” and how it continues to inform our education reform debate: […]
May 8, 2013
Jeff Dosna at BlueJersey nails it today in his post, “Embarrassed to be an Observant Jew.” He begins by referencing a Star-Ledger story about how […]
May 7, 2013
My column today at NJ Spotlight examines Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan’s rewrite of New Jersey’s charter school laws. While there’s much to like about it, including […]