South Jersey political boss Norcross mum about Rowan University merger plan
By Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnist Even for a laconic personality like George Norcross, the message was cryptic. Simply the letters…
Occupy Education: Teachers, Students Resist School Closings, Privatizations, Layoffs and Rankings
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/3/1/occupy_education_teachers_students_resist_school As students across the country stage a National Day of Action to Defend Public Education, we look at…
Interpreting Achievement Gaps In New Jersey And Beyond
Matthew Di Carlo A recent statement by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) attempts to provide an empirical…
Weingarten Urges Activism and Advocacy in New Jersey
Adrienne Coles, AFT As the New Jersey legislative session was set to begin, AFT president Randi Weingarten took some…
Shanker Education Report: Money Matters, Affects Student Performance, Outcomes Money Education
Amid major slashes to public funding, political leaders have cited assertions that money doesn’t affect student learning to sometimes…
The Year in Research on Market-based Education Reform: 2011 Edition
Matthew Di Carlo, Senior Fellow, Albert Shanker Institute If 2010 was the year of the bombshell in research in the…
Reconnecting McDowell
Reconnecting McDowell is a comprehensive, long-term effort to make educational improvement in McDowell County the route to a brighter…
Has Teacher Quality Really Declined Over Time?
Matthew Di Carlo One of the common assumptions lurking in the background of our education debates is that “quality”…
Bullying tools for teachers
Bullying is a community issue that extends beyond the school campus and is prevalent online. The American Federation of…
Unions Confront the Fault Lines Between Adjuncts and Full-Timers
Some look beyond the big unions for real improvement in working conditions Unions Begin to Confront Fault Lines Between…
Ed Week: Joining Forces collaboration special section
A mantra in recent years has been to blame the teachers’ unions for many of the problems that beset…
A Win for Workers, and for Us All
By Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers “As Ohio goes, so goes the nation” has taken on new…
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