The 2013 Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings
The Edu-Scholar Rankings seek to recognize those university-based academics who are contributing most substantially to public debates about K–12…
What You Should Know About the Philly Student Walkout
James Cersonsky and StudentNation Running a massive deficit of hundreds of millions of dollars, Philadelphia’s school system is planning…
A Handy Reference Guide on Who is Donating to Corporate-Style Education Reform
By Jessie Ramey As Big Money continues to shape public education, it can be hard to keep all the…
Rutgers Report Briefs Educators on Training for New Teacher Evaluation
Mastering procedures alone can take up to a year, even if schools won’t have that long under new law…
Union Chief Recommends Delay in Use of Test Scores
By Javier C. Hernandez Warning that a new set of academic standards was on the verge of falling into…
State board of education adjusts teacher evaluation rules
By Jeanette Rundquist/The Star-Ledger TRENTON — After hearing criticism about a plan to rely heavily on student test scores…
Christie faces potential legal fight over school vouchers
By Jarrett Renshaw/The Star-Ledger TRENTON —If Gov. Chris Christie gets his coveted pilot school-voucher program through a stubborn Legislature…
Draft Charter Bill Calls for Local Approval, More Reviewers
Bill sponsor — Assemblyman Diegnan — hopes to build consensus before Legislature tackles NJ’s 18-year-old charter law By John…
Newark board votes ‘no-confidence’ in schools chief Cami Anderson
By Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger In a move that signals a growing fissure between the administration and its elected leaders,…
Cami Anderson on Newark schools’ painful plan: Opinion
By Cami Anderson School district budget deficits are no fun. They require making tough decisions and confronting difficult questions….
Newark school superintendent gets unprecedented no-confidence vote
By John Mooney, NJ Spotlight […] The Newark Teachers Union, which stood with Anderson six months ago in sealing…
Charter Schools Arrive … at Well-Attended Conference in Atlantic City
Event’s biggest turnout yet underscores growth of alternative education in New Jersey By John Mooney It’s nothing compared to…
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