1. The Clinical Preparation of Teachers: A Policy Brief

View the PDF here.

Wednesday, 17 March 2010 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

2. Common Core State Standards Initiative

The National Governors Associaation and assorted educators have put forth a common core curriculum in major areas of school experiences.

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

3. It's Time to Move School Elections to November

Elections for the Board of Education and to vote on school budgets should be moved from April to November. �The monetary and time savings would be significant. �In addition, since November elections have higher voter turnout, more people...

Friday, 12 March 2010 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

4. Just the Race Facts

Just the Race Facts For now, Eduflack is generally done opining about Race and what we should infer by the the final Race to the Top docs released by the U.S. Department of Education.  But there are some additional facts now out there that are...

Monday, 16 November 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

5. Race to the Top

The US Department of Education is promulating a new RACE TO THE TOP policy in education to encourage innovation and excellence.  The four billion dollars has been divided up among the states and the District of Columbia.  New Jesey was in category...

Monday, 16 November 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

6. Lowering Academic Standards

LOWERING ACADEMIC STANDARDS When Congress and the President passed the “No Child Left Behind” Act the purpose was clearly to raise academic standards across the nation for all children, so we could compete as a nation with the rest of the...

Thursday, 05 November 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

7. Alexander: Student Rights 101

THE NEW JERSEY Supreme Court is facing an opportunity to clarify the rules for searching students and keeping discipline in our state’s public schools. In doing so, the high court will explore a delicate balance of rights and interests.

Wednesday, 14 October 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

8. How Does Education Really Rank?

For as long as Eduflack can remember, we have always cited that education is a top three issue in the eyes of the American people.

Wednesday, 07 October 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

9. PreKindergarten Is A Start

The National Institute for Early Educational Research (NIEER) at Rutgers has released a pre kindergarten study which offers some decisively promising conclusions for New Jersey’s prekindergarten program in Abbott schools.

Thursday, 16 July 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

10. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."

New Jersey’s Education Commissioner has suggested that the new curriculum will be more rigorous, it will deploy more emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects, and it will be administered in a way that eases the shift for students in the entire K-12 span–the phase in will include students across the K-12 system.

Tuesday, 14 July 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail