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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Who Stands For New Jersey's Students?

Jersey Jazzman: Who Stands For New Jersey's Students?:


Who Stands For New Jersey's Students?

Cross-posted from Blue Jersey.

Yesterday, we had an interesting juxtaposition of views on child advocacy here in the Garden State. On the one hand:
Dear Secretary Duncan,
We are writing to express our grave concerns about the negative impact of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver on New Jersey’s most vulnerable children.
We understand that the waivers were an effort to return more control to the states to improve educational opportunities and outcomes. Unfortunately, here in New Jersey, it is quite clear that the NCLB waiver is being used to apply