Hot off the press: Fordham’s new report, “How Strong are U.S. Teacher Unions? A State-by-State Comparison.” The report examines 37 variables over five realms. Here’s […]

The Star-Ledger Editorial Board urges Newark’s teachers to approve the new merit pay contract tomorrow (which appears to be an increasingly unlikely scenario, and not […]

It’s a relief to know that public education isn’t the only system resistant to change. From Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire: “The glacial pace of presidential […]

My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks covers the overriding theme at this week’s NJ School Boards Association Annual Convention: implementing NJ’s new teacher tenure and […]

From the Star-Ledger’s coverage of the “barrage of criticism” from Newark’s teachers in response to the district’s offer and Union President’s Joseph Del Grosso’ endorsement […]

I’m in Atlantic City at New Jersey School Board Association’s annual Workshop and Convention. Many of the sessions this year focus on the looming implementation […]

The debate last night, obstensibly on foreign policy,  instead featured the candidates’ longest debate remarks on the state of America’s schools and strategies for improving […]

This morning John Mooney has an interview with Greg Taylor, the head of Foundation for Newark’s Future, which is the organization responsible for distributing Mark […]

Andy Rotherham on the inevitable expansion of school choice: To me this is the most future of the futures issues. More choice and a mixed […]

Last week the Camden School Board inexplicably rejected all four applications for several new schools authorized through the Urban Hope Act. (See my coverage at […]