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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Jersey Jazzman: B4K Says: "NJ's Schools Are Great!"

Jersey Jazzman: B4K Says: "NJ's Schools Are Great!":

B4K Says: "NJ's Schools Are Great!"

B4K's ad attacks the NJEA for accepting the "...status quo; and they want you settle for it."

What is that status quo? Well, over at B4K's "Facts" section, they have a page labeled "Independent Ratings of NJ School System." Let's see...

There are four reports cited:

  • EDITORIAL PROJECTS IN EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTER (EPE), “Quality Counts 2011,”
  • CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS, “Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card of Educational Innovation,” November 2009.
  • NATIONAL COUNCIL ON TEACHER QUALITY, 2009 State Teacher Policy Yearbook.
  • THOMAS B. FORDHAM INSTITUTE, The State of Standards – and the Common Core – in 2010, July,