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Breaking: NJ Legislature Prepares to Act on Bill to Help Kids, Despite Inaction From DOE and Opposition From Lobbyists

njleftbehind December 16, 2020

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Last week the New Jersey State Senator passed a bill, S-3214,  mandating  that Acting Commissioner →

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Senate Education Committee Demands a “Reckoning With Truth,” Despite Pleas From NJEA

njleftbehind December 8, 2020

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After the U.S. education system fractured into Zoom screens last spring, experts feared millions of →

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NJ Senate Education Committee to Consider Crucial Bill Later Today.

njleftbehind December 7, 2020

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Heads-up to those who think measuring New Jersey students’ learning loss is critical if we →

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Without Assessment Data, We Won’t Get Our Kids Back on Track.

Guest Blogger December 4, 2020

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This post is by my brightbeam colleague Garris Landon Stroud, a teacher from Greenville, Kentucky →

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COMMENTARY: Some Advice for NJ’s New Ed Commissioner: If We Don’t Measure, We Can’t Fix It

Laura Waters December 2, 2020

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For the last three years students, parents, teachers, and schools have been effectively abandoned by →

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“You Cannot Improve What You Do Not Measure”: Civil Rights Groups Plead for Feds to Require Standardized Testing This Spring

njleftbehind November 23, 2020

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Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In this case, the clock is →

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COMMENTARY: Hear Me Out on My Voucher Proposal

Laura Waters October 29, 2020 Leave a comment

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This is the third in a series on my changing views of publicly-funded vouchers to →

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Just How Safe Is Your Child’s School Bus?

njleftbehind October 22, 2020 Leave a comment

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Did you know that this is National School Bus Safety Week? To give this important →

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Khaliah Fitchett on Going From Handcuffs to Running for Congress

Laura Waters October 21, 2020 Leave a comment

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One afternoon in March 2010, Khaliah Fitchette, a 16-year-old student at Newark’s University High School, →

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No Testing Means No Problems, Right? So Says Trump and Mark Weber

Laura Waters September 4, 2020 Leave a comment

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The first tweet on this page is from Mark Weber, acolyte of teacher union leaders →

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