Is Education ‘Reform’ Wrecking The Common Core?
By Jeff Bryant Developmentally inappropriate tests, aimed at students as young as Kindergarten, are undercutting any gains the Common…
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It’s Slow Going On Education Policy As Trenton Action Stalls Before Election
By John Mooney Not much is moving forward as New Jersey enters stretch of busy election season A state…
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Two Private Schools In Newark Ask Permission To Become Charters
By John Mooney Four other organizations also seeking state Department of Education’s expedited go-ahead for schools Two more private…
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Perth Amboy schools need leader with vision
Perth Amboy school superintendent Janine Caffrey has been put on paid administrative leave for the third time. Whether Dr….
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Some N.J. private schools for disabled students cashing in on taxpayers
By Christopher Baxter/The Star-Ledger TRENTON — The payroll at Somerset Hills School reads like a family tree, with 10…
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Debate Highlights Booker’s Complex Relationship With Newark Schools
By John Mooney Lonegan hammers dropout rates while ad suggests too much of the Zuckerberg gift is going to…
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Rutgers study compares racial divide in N.J. schools to ‘apartheid’
By Leslie Brody, Staff Writer, The Record. A new Rutgers University report on so-called apartheid schools in New Jersey…
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Debate Report Card: Final Question Addresses Issue of School Vouchers
By John Mooney Christie calls them necessary antidote to ‘failure factories,’ while Buono says desperately needed funds are being…
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Union refusal to support $30 million federal grant for Newark schools kills aid package
By Ted Sherman/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — It was a late homework assignment and Newark school district officials missed the…
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Fine Print: Unions Withhold Support For Newark’s New ‘Race To The Top’ Bid
By John Mooney About a dozen other federal aid applications are expected from NJ, representing more than 30 school…
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Report: NJ Schools Not Fully Recovered From Great Recession
By John Mooney Federal Reserve Bank charts deep cuts in per-pupil funding, significant layoffs of teaching staff The Great…
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Buono, Christie far apart on education
By John Reitmeyer, State House Bureau, The Record. Governor Christie joined Newark Mayor Cory Booker — the Democrat running…
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