Jersey high school dropout stats
The New Jersey Department of Education keeps all sorts of data about the state's public schools online, including 10 years worth of dropout statistics. Click here to search the district-level database...
View ArticleThe Torch’s playbook
Who knew that in a 2008 race for U.S. Senate that the Torch, former U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli, who left elective politics six years ago, would still be coming up? Given the fact that GOP candidate...
View ArticleBureaucracy inaction
The state Department of Education tells the Legislature it still hasn't received a final version of a study, due by June 30, 2008, for which it agreed to pay Rutgers University $500,000 to examine how...
View ArticleLike saving 72 cents on a car
The New Jersey Department of Education wasted no time dissolving so-called non-operating districts Wednesday, pulling the plug on 13 districts a day after Gov. Jon Corzine signed a bill into law...
View ArticleUPDATED: Daily Quickie, 05.24.10
On this Monday, May 24th, in between analyzing the finale of 'Lost' ... Schools Development Authority chief executive officer Marc Larkins and Education Commissioner Bret Schundler visit West...
View ArticleThe NJEA and Schundler — working together
After months of public bickering between Gov. Christie's administration and the state's largest teachers union, the two sides have found one way to work together. The New Jersey Education Association...
View ArticleUPDATE: State worker killed by crash that pinned her to office building
UPDATES: The Trenton Times reports Friday night that the woman hit by the car, senior clerk typist Hikema George, has died. Mercer County prosecutors told the newspaper Saturday the driver has been...
View ArticleDaily Quickie, 08.11.10
On this Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 ... Education Commissioner Bret Schundler and top assistants from the Department of Education are in Washington to make a presentation to a panel and answer...
View ArticleSenate setup: Charters, tool kit on deck
Three state Senate committees meet today ... though there's no quorum call, meaning no new legislation can be proposed. Among the highlights: The Senate budget committee reaches a bit further into Gov....
View ArticleState to use regular school-aid formula for extra federal funds
Education Commissioner Bret Schundler today told the Senate Education Committee that Gov. Chris Christie's administration plans to allocate the $268 million in additional federal funding New Jersey is...
View ArticleView NJDOE’s Race to the Top interview excerpts
Looks like it's been a plenty-busy news week in Trenton (which seems to happen every summer in isn't-it-supposed-to-slow-down season), with the Race to the Top storm that's been raging. I've actually...
View ArticleCan’t do math, but passing calculus
Some New Jersey high school students without evident ability to exhibit simple math skills have been recorded as passing calculus, according to a Department of Education report. In a report being...
View ArticleRace to the Top hearing preview
A few notes setting up today's Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing examining what happened with the state's second Race to the Top application -- as you may have heard, the state botched an...
View ArticleState urges schools to bank teachers’ jobs funding for a year
State education officials Monday urged local schools to hold off spending their share of $262.7 million in emergency federal aid designed to minimize layoffs of teachers and other school employees...
View ArticleDetails from Christie’s education proposals
Here's a look at the details of what Gov. Chris Christie is proposing today at his education-focused town-hall meeting in Old Bridge. Some will require the approval of the Legislature, others can be...
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Cerf begins work at Department of Education
As Gov. Chris Christie, appearing at the Robert Treat Academy in Newark Tuesday, announced 23 new charter schools, a newcomer was standing next to him. Christopher Cerf, nominated by Christie in...
View ArticleDaily Quickie, 04.11.13
On Thursday, April 11th, 2013 ... Gov. Chris Christie holds a town-hall meeting at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg at 3:15 p.m. Tonight at 6 p.m., he and former Gov. Thomas Kean are...
View ArticleN.J. Board of Education votes to approve takeover of Camden public schools
New Jersey is 20 days away from taking control of the operations of Camden's public schools, after the State Board of Education approved the intervention today in Trenton. Though it marks the first...
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