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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

What If Our Schools Looked Like This?

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In New Jersey, we are currently in the midst of our "testing season." Opting Out (refusals) is the story of the day. Parents...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

#aPARCCalypse aka PARCC Bombed in NJ

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In New Jersey today, it's a bright, cool Spring day. The sun is shining. Our kids are in count down mode to the end of the year. And, it...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

New Jersey Admins Have Lost It - Updated!

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I've been watching in horror as the PARCC testing "season" began in New Jersey last week. I am unabashedly in the Opt Out corn...
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Monday, April 4, 2016

New Jersey State Board of Education Gets It Very Wrong

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The February 10, 2016 NJ State Board of Ed meeting was its usual surreal experience and it was one of the rare times when open public testi...
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Thursday, March 24, 2016

NJDOE + NJ Chamber of Commerce = Act of Incredible Desperation

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A few weeks ago I attended a presentation in Clifton. The presenter, Dana Egreczky, was there on behalf of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerc...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Acts of Desperation in the Name of Education

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This morning I received an email from Carolee Adams, President of the New Jersey Eagle Forum.  In her email, she described her experience at...
Friday, March 4, 2016

The ESSA Negotiated Rulemaking Committee - update

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This afternoon, the US Department of Education announced the participants (voting and non-voting) for the ESSA Title 1 negotiated rulemakin...
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