January 6, 2015
Mark Weber, aka Jersey Jazzman, just published a lengthy series of posts about charter schools in Hoboken, with a particular focus on Elysian Charter School, […]
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January 5, 2015
There are many arguments against the way we back-load teacher compensation, i.e., awarding small annual salary increases to newer teachers while granting comparatively large salary […]
December 22, 2014
It starts here: New Jersey’s education reform landscape has always been rocky, and 2014 was no exception, pitted with growing resistance towards new accountability metrics, […]
December 19, 2014
It starts here: The Education Law Center is in a rut. The ELC is an organization that describes itself as “the leading voice for New […]
December 16, 2014
The Trenton Times reports today that district administrators are trying to bring back more students with disabilities into district schools. At a school board meeting, […]
December 4, 2014
It starts here: Local news agencies recently reported that Asbury Park High School (Monmouth County, New Jersey) has a 49 percent graduation rate. Only 2 […]
November 20, 2014
James Crisfield, superintendent of Millburn Public Schools (Essex County), explains to John Mooney that he is resigning and taking a job in Wissahickon School District in […]
November 19, 2014
Here’s an editorial by Essex County Board member Jeff Bennett on the absurdities of N.J.’s allocation of school state aid through the School Funding Reform […]
November 18, 2014
The Wall Street Journal and the N.Y. Times both report today on the East Ramapo school district in Rockland County, where the school board is […]
October 15, 2014
From this morning’s New York Times: According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, a nonprofit policy research group, Mr. Corbett has cut close to […]
September 29, 2014
Last week I wrote about New Jersey’s “Bacon” lawsuit, an Abbott school funding case writ small. Sixteen rural districts in South Jersey, now represented by […]
September 19, 2014
Now here’s an odd comment from Gov. Christie: according to today’s NJ Spotlight, N.J.’s controversial salary cap for superintendents was NJEA’s idea. According to the […]