September 25, 2012
In today’s New York Times, David Brooks reminisces about the good old days when the Republican Party was a fusion of two different types of […]
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September 24, 2012
The New York Times looks at “the ruptured relationship between teachers’ unions and Democrats like Rahm Emanuel” and the consequential shift in where the unions […]
September 24, 2012
Check out my column today at NJ Spotlight, which reviews the Christie Administration’s education agenda in light of the three reports (the last one just […]
September 23, 2012
Lakewood Public Schools falsified graduation rate data in order to secure a $6 million SIG grant. Now, according to the Asbury Park Press, Acting Schools […]
September 20, 2012
One slide from Comm. Cerf’s powerpoint at yesterday’s Convocation (see post below) is titled “Education spending in high-need districts exceeds statewide average.” I don’t know […]
September 20, 2012
The big NJ education story today is yesterday’s Convocation at Jackson Liberty High School, featuring Ed. Comm. Chris Cerf, his management team, and 400 members […]
September 20, 2012
A NJ educator, Dr. Michael Hoban, proposes a merit pay system in today’s NJ Spotlight in which only “Master Teachers” get tenure and, then, are […]
September 20, 2012
My post today at WHYY Newsworks looks at this month’s release of a report from the Christie Administration’s Education Transformation Task Force and, more specifically, […]
September 18, 2012
The similarities between Chicago and Newark are eerie. Both cities have outspoken Democratic, reform-minded mayors at the helm (Rahm Emmanuel and Cory Booker respectively) who […]
September 16, 2012
The Times of Trenton profiles Morris Plains School District, which is participating in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program. This program allows children to cross […]
September 13, 2012
From today’s New York Times: Inner-city urban schools today echo the “separate but equal” system of the early 1950s. In the Chicago Public Schools where […]
September 13, 2012
In other corruption news, former Toms River Superintendent Michael J. Ritacco will be sentenced tomorrow in Trenton for, according to the Asbury Park Press, accepting […]