January 6, 2023
A new report from Rutgers’ New Jersey State Policy Lab examines high school students’ enrollment in math courses in New Jersey schools. (See here for […]
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January 5, 2023
Who says coding is just for STEM classes? North Star Academy in Newark is embedding computational thinking – a broad skill set that includes coding […]
August 31, 2022
Sarah Tantillo, Ed.D. is the author of “The Literacy Cookbook” and “Hit the Drum: An Insider’s Account of How the Charter School Idea Became a […]
August 23, 2022
Amid the unceasing chatter about teacher shortages—throughout the country as well as in New Jersey—it’s well worth your time to watch NJER TV’s new three-minute […]
March 22, 2022
Waiting 45 minutes on hold during a lunch break and having to hang up without ever gettting through. Months elapsing before an application is approved, […]
December 7, 2021
The following letter expresses “alarm” at the dumbing-down of math standards, with particular reference to a new initiative in California that offers students a pathway […]
September 23, 2021
Major media is ablaze with dire predictions about imminent teacher shortages due to pandemic stress and burn-out. Certainly, teachers have had a rough time juggling […]
July 15, 2021
NJ Ed Report published an excellent report yesterday about how the NJEA’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is sending unqualified teachers to teach in high-poverty […]
July 14, 2021
Last week a brave staff member at the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) allowed me to publish his commentary on the New Jersey Center […]
June 30, 2021
When high-school computer science teacher Harold Brown walked through the doors of KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy (NCA), his colleagues surprised him with an Amazon box […]