A state takeover of a local school district takes away the voice of the taxpayers and parents and it’s questionable (at best) they even work.
Bottom Up Is Better Than Top Down
I know that there are a variety of opinions among our readers on school choice which the article I link to discusses, but I think most of us would agree in principle with what Charles Chieppo wrote for Governing today that I’ve shared in the excerpt below: State intervention can mean anything from a top-down […]
Common Core Standards Developers Hired to Help Failing Schools in New Jersey
The Christie Administration just hired the Council of Chief State School Officers to help the New Jersey Department of Education develop school turnaround strategies. They are being paid $1.55 million to do this. The project will be two-pronged: First, help with the establishment of the state’s still-evolving Regional Achievement Centers (RACs), the immediate hubs for […]