By JOSEPH GIDJUNIS The Courier-Post Two state legislators want the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office to look into a consultant’s allegations that Camden City Schools Food Services staff mismanaged and possibly stole some $1.5 million worth of the food.
MyCentralJersey.com As part of his educational reform platform, Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie is advocating for school vouchers. It’s something conservatives have long been pushing for, and the idea is gaining traction among prominent state Democrats. A school voucher system basically redirects the flow of educational funding, channeling it directly to individual families rather than [...]
By THOMAS W. CARROLL The New York Post AFTER New York was held hostage for more than a month by a state Senate leadership dispute, some back-in-charge Senate Democrats are now out to kill both mayoral control of the city’s schools and charter schools — that is, to roll back a decade of educational progress.
By JOSEPH GIDJUNIS The Courier-Post Workers in the city school district’s Food Services Department allowed more than $1.5 million in food to be wasted and failed to collect $500,000 in meal fees, according to a consultant’s report. The department has some of the worst practices ever observed, said Edvocate, a New Jersey-based consulting firm, in [...]
State gives extra aid for schools an extraordinary boost July 22, 2009 By DIANE D’AMICO The Press of Atlantic City TRENTON – This year, extraordinary school aid really is extraordinary. The state Department of Education has awarded almost $140 million in so-called extraordinary state aid for 2009-2010 to school districts with disabled children whose education [...]
July 20, 2009 Editorial The Asbury Park Press Not surprisingly, the New Jersey Education Association last week endorsed Gov. Jon Corzine’s bid for re-election. A breakdown of the gubernatorial candidates’ positions on the issues on the NJEA Web site offers clear insight into why. It also provides taxpayers and advocates of educational reform with strong [...]
July 19, 2009 Editorial The Asbury Park Press Gov. Jon Corzine fired off a press release last week extolling a study of the preschool program for pupils in the state’s poorest school districts. The study, he claims, “reconfirms what teachers, parents and advocates have witnessed for years: New Jersey’s high-quality preschool system produces positive results [...]
JULY 18, 2009 How states like Illinois rig school tests to hype phony achievement. When President Obama chose Arne Duncan to lead the Education Department, he cited Mr. Duncan’s success as head of Chicago’s public school system from 2001 to 2008. But a new education study suggests that those academic gains aren’t what they seemed. [...]