On Saturday the NAACP voted for a resolution urging an indefinite moratorium on the expansion of charter schools. This was no surprise: everyone had predicted
Everyone knows it but just about everyone is afraid to say it: New Jersey’s school funding formula is irreparably broken. For proof, legislators need to
From the Associated Press: With new data in hand, the Education Department said Tuesday that disparities persist in the nation’s public schools, where oftentimes minority
What’s a high school diploma worth? That question underlies much of the current disputes about higher standards for schoolchildren. Historically we’ve flung around high school
Superintendent Duran, who has held the top post at Trenton Public Schools since July 2012, announced that he was leaving immediately to take over as
It starts here: Last Friday Janice Williams, Grievance Chair of the Trenton Education Association, did us all a favor and cut through the political pantomime
Trenton Public Schools announced this week that it will lay off 113 teaching positions in order to try to close a $19 million budget gap..
The Trenton Times reports today that district administrators are trying to bring back more students with disabilities into district schools. At a school board meeting,
It starts here: Charter school opponents were in mourning this week after they failed to derail a set of amendments to a 2012 bill called
My parents (may their memories be a blessing) would have loved Blue Jersey, that unabashedly 60’s-ish website that drapes itself in bellbottoms and peace signs.