Posts Tagged Education Reform

Urban legislators blocking attempt to improve schools, Christie says

Posted by Loki on March 12, 2013

PATERSON – Gov. Chris Christie told Paterson residents that failing public schools and lawmakers unwilling to enact change in the state’s education system are robbing New Jersey’s urban students of a future.

Garnering applause as well as sharp criticism from at least one town hall resident who shouted at Christie to “fix our public schools,” the governor told residents the very lawmakers who represent urban districts are the ones harming their constituents. (more…)

Tags: Chris Christie, Education Reform, Failing-Schools, Governor, School Choice, Urban Education Reform

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Matter of Principals: School Administrators Also Getting New Grading System

Posted by Loki on March 12, 2013

Revamped evaluations, which don’t apply only to teachers, prompt questions from principals association about criteria

By John Mooney

NJ Spotlight

All of the attention paid to the Christie administration’s roll-out of the new teacher-evaluation system has been on how New Jersey teachers will be judged, but equally critical will be how the system judges the judges: school principals.

The new evaluation system – renamed “Achieve NJ” on the eve of a public campaign starting this week – was outlined in new proposed regulations released last week by the state Department of Education. (more…)

Tags: Education Reform, New Jersey, Principal Evaluation

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Cory Booker tells Vero Beach audience about national ‘crisis’ in education

Posted by Loki on March 4, 2013

By Lamaur Stancil
TC Palm

VERO BEACH — Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker won’t mince words about the educational level of the schools in his city more than a decade ago.

“It was a disaster in terms of serving the genius of our children,” Booker said Monday before taking the stage at the Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach as part of the Distinguished Lecturer Series. “Our schools were failing to empower them. I’m paying the cost of a failing education system through my courts, through my police and through my prisons. It goes on and on.” (more…)

Tags: Cory-Booker, Education Reform, Senate

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Newark Contract Marks High Point of Christie Education Agenda

Posted by Loki on November 19, 2012

Most recent deal could be last major victory as election year looms

Gov. Chris Christie clearly placed education at the top of his priorities from the day he was elected three years ago, making his very first stop a Newark charter school and promising a host of reforms to come. (more…)

Tags: Chris Christie, Education Reform, Governor, Newark, tenure

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NJ Spotlight Roundtable: Evaluating New Approach to Evaluating Educators

Posted by Loki on November 19, 2012

Talk during first half of discussion centers on tight deadlines facing districts

As part of its ongoing Roundtable Series, NJ Spotlight on Saturday hosted a panel discussion on New Jersey’s efforts to overhaul the way school districts evaluate teachers, principals and other staff.

NJ Spotlight’s third such event on the topic – held at Rutgers-Newark before about 100 people — was the first since Gov. Chris Christie this summer signed a new tenure law that raises the stakes for educators on how they fare in those evaluations. (more…)

Tags: Education Reform, Newark, Teacher-Evaluation, tenure, Teresa Ruiz

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Education commissioner stresses finding new ways to be effective at school boards conference in Atlantic City

Posted by Loki on October 24, 2012

New Jersey’s education commissioner told hundreds of school board members Tuesday that they, like the state, have to think of new ways to be more effective because money alone is not solving educational problems. (more…)

Tags: Cerf, Education Commissioner, Education Reform, Public Schools, Standards

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3 Camden mothers ask N.J. to find better schools for city children

Posted by Loki on October 16, 2012

A spokeswoman for the state Education Department declined to comment. The district’s interim superintendent, Reuben Mills, and the president of the Camden Board of Education, Kathryn Blackshear, did not return telephone calls.

A past effort shows the parents may have a tough time convincing the courts if Cerf’s response is deemed inadequate. (more…)

Tags: Camden, Education Reform, Failing-Schools, Parent Empowerment, School Choice, Vargas

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Camden parents petition Department of Education for better schools

Posted by Loki on October 16, 2012

They say children’s education is suffering, future jeopardized

CAMDEN — The mothers of three students have asked the state Department of Education to find new schools outside the failing district immediately for their children.

Citing DOE studies and the comments of Education Commissioner Chris Cerf, the students’ lawyers assert that Camden schools are among the worst in the nation and students lose time in their academic life as long as they have to attend them. (more…)

Tags: Camden, Education Reform, Failing-Schools, Parent Empowerment, School Choice, Vargas

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