April 5, 2012
That’s the topic of my post at WHYY’s Newsworks today. Check it out here.
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March 6, 2012
Today’s New York Times on new DOE data that shows that minority students, especially black boys, face harsher discipline measures in school than whites. “According […]
January 25, 2012
Another new analysis, this one based on a report from the U.S. DOE, unpacks discrepancies among states regarding the percentage of children classified as eligible […]
January 4, 2012
Earlier this week I commented on Dr. Bruce Baker’s description of New Jersey’s historical preference for the “extreme segregation” of poor minority kids into chronically […]
December 24, 2011
This morning’s Trenton Times highlights a new initiative from Trenton Public Schools to try to lessen the expense of educating children with disabilities. Currently Trenton […]
November 8, 2011
The Record has a two-part piece (here and here) on a new trend among NJ school districts: serving students with disabilities within the public system […]
November 4, 2011
The NJ State DOE has just released a report commissioned by Denver-based Augenblick Palaich and Associates (APA), which seeks to answer the question, does the […]
November 2, 2011
Poor Michael Winerip, every ed reformer’s favorite punching bag. The long-time New York Times columnist plods the Gotham edu-beat like clockwork each Monday morning, juxtaposing […]
October 20, 2011
An interesting special education case blew through the transom this week, Moorestown Board of Education v. S.D. and C.D. on behalf of M.D. M.D. is […]
August 25, 2011
The Trenton Times reported this week that Trenton Public School District will open an alternative schools for kids with behavioral problems. The program will be […]
April 21, 2011
The Fiscal Monitor appointed by the State to oversee Trenton Public Schools has proposed that the troubled district shut down Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School and […]
April 14, 2011
The Newark Council Education Committee met last night with group of stakeholders, including Theresa Adubato of the Robert Treat Academy, Junius Williams of the Abbott […]