State Test Scores Reveal Some Gains, Widening Achievement Gap
Budget cuts cost New Jersey school districts $1 billion, with some of the poorest districts paying the biggest price…
Christie Calls for Restructuring of Research Universities
Governor plans to create N.J. Health Sciences University in Newark, merge Rutgers-Camden into Rowan University By Mark J. Magyar…
Finger-Pointing Precedes Teacher Contract Talks in Newark
With negotiations resuming, union, superintendent at odds over plans for troubled schools By John Mooney The last time negotiators…
Can Trenton Find Funding for Higher Education Facilities?
Christie and new Senate committee agree that college infrastructure gets failing grade By John Mooney The physical condition and…
For Christie, 2012 Is the Year to Act on Education Reform — Again
Teacher tenure gaining traction among lawmakers as debates on education continue to swirl By John Mooney, January 18, 2012…
Driving the Teacher Quality Component for Education Reform
Assistant State Commissioner Peter Shulman brings experience and expertise to his latest post By John Mooney The man in…
The State of the Governor’s Education Agenda
Christie was not short on ambition when it came to education, but how did he fare on his own…
Fast-Tracked and Rewritten Bill Could Put Some Public Schools Under Private Management
The Urban Hope Act could bring new public schools — with some for-profit management — to some of Jersey’s…
Administration Reveals Which Charters Have Made the First Cut
More than half the applications weeded out, at least for now By John Mooney With every detail of its…
Newark’s First Foray into Teacher Evaluation Pilot, with Teachers Front and Center
[…] Newark is one of 11 districts in the state piloting a controversial plan led by Gov. Chris Christie…
Slow Down the School Reform Factory
Mechanistically linking test scores to teacher evaluations means trouble not accountability By Gordon MacInnes Reformers look on education as…
Two Decades On, Opportunity Scholarship Act Remains Moving Target
Advocates and opponents struggle to shape final bill and get it in front of entire legislature By John Mooney…
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