January 17, 2013
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks examines new research out from the Gates Foundation on the validity and fairness of using student standardized test scores […]
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January 17, 2013
The Wall St. Journal reports today that “more than a dozen New Jersey towns could lose at least 10% of their tax base due to […]
January 15, 2013
Check out today’s NJ Spotlight for the big education news story of the day: the Democrats in the Assembly and Legislature are in the midst […]
January 15, 2013
Here’s Dr. Larry Feinsod, new Executive Director of New Jersey School Boards, on what he regards as one of NJ’s greatest educational challenges: Over the […]
January 13, 2013
Gov. Christie barely mentioned education this week in his State of the State address, a sharp contrast to last’s year’s preoccupation with tenure reform and […]
January 11, 2013
Let’s just call this Special Education Week. (Here’s my NJ Spotlight piece. Here’s my WHYY piece.). A story just popped up, courtesy of The Record, […]
January 11, 2013
My piece today at WHYY Newsworks examines KIPP’s application to the Camden School Board to open several charter schools under the auspices of the Urban […]
January 10, 2013
KIPP is looking for a School Leader to head the Renaissance School in Camden, authorized through the auspices of the Urban Hope Act (which allows […]
January 8, 2013
My column today in NJ Spotlight is called “Putting a Price on Special Education will Promote Equal Access.” Here’s the beginning: Last week, NJ Spotlight’s […]
January 7, 2013
Students First, Michelle Rhee’s group, has just issued State Policy Reports. This is from New Jersey’s (presumably value-added) evaluation: New Jersey is taking steps to […]
January 7, 2013
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board has a sharply-edged rebuke to the Christie Administration’s failure to rebuild crumbling schools in cities like Trenton. This scolding was triggered […]
January 7, 2013
This Washington Post video, which directly addresses the issue of charter schools expelling kids with discipline problems and sending them back to traditional public schools.