NJ Education Report

Is NJEA getting weaker or stronger? And what does that mean for kids? New rankings out!

New Rankings: Teacher Unions Are Getting Weaker But What About NJEA? - NJ Education Report , New Jersey’s Education Association is the fourth strongest among all states and the District of Columbia.

"Bottom line: Things are not just fine. Until those in charge touch grass, our children will continue floating on clouds of pretense that leave them unprepared for life after high school."

How We Start Fixing New Jersey Schools - NJ Education Report NJ’s leaders have a choice to make: Do we continue pretense or do we concentrate power with the state to upgrade accountability?

We need more than a few tweaks. Here are six ideas.

Six Suggestions For Reining In NJ's School Costs - NJ Education Report About two weeks ago I wrote that, amid the frantic calls to fix New Jersey’s (broken) school funding formula, we should think more strategically about […]

Where would you send your kid? (And will Gov. Sherrill be able to escape the claws of NJEA?)

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Let's do the math.

New Jersey Public School Enrollment Will Drop 8%. What Needs to Change? - NJ Education Report New research, based on data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), shows that New Jersey is one of 36 states where public student […]

Boards and administrators ignore the public -- captive audience, why bother? Here is what needs to change.

They Don’t Have to Answer to You—And That’s the Problem - NJ Education Report Too many districts operate under a different standard: one where they don’t have to answer, don’t have to engage, and don’t have to improve.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t spend more money. But we have an opportunity to step back and be strategic about how we pull this off.

Fixing NJ’s Broken School Funding Formula: A Call for Real Action - NJ Education Report We need leaders to inculcate a cultural shift in the way we think about the state's role in overseeing school districts.

Welcome to NJ, Commissioner. It doesn't look a lot like Texas.

An Open Letter to Lily Laux, Our New Education Commissioner - NJ Education Report Implementing education reform was no doubt difficult in Texas, where you earned a well-deserved reputation as an innovative educator.

This special ed teacher says she is suing her local NJEA for punishing her because she spoke up.

Middlesex Teacher Sues NJEA Local For Retaliation - NJ Education Report A special education teacher who works at Middlesex Public School District and long-time NJEA member has sued her local union

Gov. Sherrill has this right. And, no, it's not just Asbury Park.

What the News In Asbury Park Tells Us About NJ's School System. - NJ Education Report Asbury Park shows us what's wrong with NJ schools, an emblem of how children’s needs are undermined by the system