B4NJKids-Better Education for New Jersey Kids

07/10/2018

Reacting to Governor Phil Murphy’s announcement today on PARCC, Better Education for Kids and JerseyCAN released the following statement: “Assessments provide an objective measure on how a successful a community at large is in educating its students. Eliminating tests is a disservice to vulnerab...

07/16/2015

Every child in New Jersey deserves a quality education and an effective teacher.

New Jersey released a new database on the results of its 2013-14 teacher evaluations today but withheld the scores of hundreds of educators — including many with the lowest ratings.

05/20/2015

http://b4njkids.org/go.cfm?do=Blog.View&bid=342

Thank you for speaking the truth to the Senate Education Committee 05/20/15 The discussion over standardized testing and the PARCC test heard from another voice at Monday’s Senate Education Committee meeting. A group of urban parents, primarily from Newark, made the trip to Trenton with a perspectiv…

05/19/2015

http://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/proposed-legislation-aims-to-keep-state-aid-separate-from-parcc-participation/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Wake%20Up%20Call%20NJ&utm_campaign=Wake%20Up%20Call

“Never once did they come home and say, ‘Mommy, it was so hard! Mommy, I didn’t get it!’ They said, ‘Mommy, I rocked that!’ They were so proud of themselves,” said North Star Academy parent Florisha Johnson.

04/15/2015

http://njleftbehind.blogspot.com/2015/04/parcc-opt-outs-correlation-with-family.html

04/06/2015

http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/04/02/opinion-don-t-fall-for-the-opt-out-cop-out/

NJ’s kids deserve demanding standardized tests, and we all need the data they deliver

03/23/2015

http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/03/parcc_victimhood_and_why_its_overblown_editorial.html

Remember that there is a broader public purpose here, one much more important than taking pot shots at the PARCC.

03/19/2015

http://njleftbehind.blogspot.com/2015/03/response-to-bob-braun-and-his-attacks.html

03/16/2015

http://www.nj.com/education/2015/03/opt_outs_could_delay_parccs_impact_on_teacher_eval.html -homepage-featured

The use of PARCC data may be small factor in New Jersey's teacher evaluations, but it's playing a large role in the controversy surrounding the new tests.

03/11/2015

PARCC ENSURING OUR KIDS ARE READY FOR THE FUTURE

09/23/2013

Statewide report cards and Top 10 lists from our friends at JerseyCAN.

It's important to know where our schools need to improve, but it's also nice to celebrate schools that are already doing an outstanding job. JerseyCAN’s report cards do both.
—Governor Tom Kean

08/27/2013

Paterson residents come out to JFK or EastSide High school from 4-7pm to get a free backpack filled with supplies. Please bring your children with you.