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Tag: High School Graduation Requirements

Here’s Why You Should Care About the DOE’s Poor Oversight of Asbury Park (Plus, Three Bonus Rumors)

Laura Waters January 12, 2021

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Asbury Park school board members and administrators must be breathing a sigh of relief: Yesterday’s →

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Breaking: Murphy Waives High School Graduation Tests & Data-Informed Teacher Evaluations

njleftbehind January 11, 2021

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Press Release from the Governor’s Office– Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 214 to affect the →

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Murphy’s Track Record of Appointments Is Lousy, Especially in Education. What’s Up With That?

Laura Waters August 28, 2019 Leave a comment

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“I don’t talk to fucking Jews,” Dye told the New Jersey Globe during a very →

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JerseyCAN Hits Back At Repollet and Murphy’s “64 Floor” Ideology. Why? Because New Jersey Should Trust Our Teachers and Students To Achieve Success.

Laura Waters June 25, 2019 2 Comments

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Late last week JerseyCAN issued a report called “The Real Test: Are We Committed to →

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Lamont Repollet and the 64 Floor: How Did He Raise Asbury Park’s Graduation Rate? Let’s Do the Math.

Laura Waters April 2, 2019 21 Comments

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When Governor Phil Murphy appointed then-Asbury Park Superintendent Lamont Repollet as New Jersey Commissioner of →

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Believe It or Not, Progressive Lawmakers Support Standardized Testing in NJ! (Take That, Ron Swanson.)

Laura Waters February 22, 2019 One Comment

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True confession: I started writing a post a few days ago on the demise of →

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As N.J. Governor, Legislature & Teachers Union Wrangle Over PARCC, the Fate of 170,000 High School Seniors Hangs in the Balance

Laura Waters February 6, 2019 Leave a comment

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Check out my new column in The 74. It starts here: Phil Murphy won his →

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Via “We Raise New Jersey,” Some Context As The State Debates High School Graduation Requirements

Laura Waters January 22, 2019 Leave a comment

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We Raise New Jersey,  a coalition committed to advancing college and career readiness, has just →

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Ed Comm. Repollet Goes For the “Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations” but State Board of Education Refuses to Play – For Now.

Laura Waters August 22, 2018 17 Comments

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Last month the State Board of Education considered some big changes to our requirements for →

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Does a New Jersey High School Diploma Signify Anything At All?

Laura Waters March 5, 2018 Leave a comment

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Here’s the start of my new column at NJ Spotlight Last month, New Jersey’s new →

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