So let’s see where we stand at this moment with the brand spanking new teacher evaluation system in New Jersey. This is the law that is going to revolutionize teaching and learning by making sure that students are mastering content…
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In case you missed it, there’s a terrific piece on Governor Christie in the New Jersey media. Written by columnist Tom Moran, it lays bare the basic fact that although Christie has benefited from disaster, he’s actually been a disaster…
Last week, President Obama made a series of speeches about making higher education affordable, which of course would be a great idea if we really had a socialist system and the government could tell schools what to charge. The problem…
Have you ever wondered why, exactly, it is so detrimental to your health to be carrying around 50 extra pounds? Or more? With loss of fat comes amazing health benefits, including, but not limited to, improvement of sleep apnea, improvement…
1. You’ve probably been ignoring this feature. chicaandjo.com Most aluminum foil boxes have press-in tabs that secure the roll in place, so you don’t have worry about it flying out every time you rip off a sheet. 2. You’ve been dispensing Tic…
Good Morning America – NYC Engineer Wants to Help Homeless Man With Software Coding Classes (ABC News) Patrick McConlogue is a lot like the many others working in the New York tech scene. Every morning, he walks to work, passing…
Thessalonika Arzu-Embry and her mother, Wonder Embry, get up at 5 in the morning most weekdays to go to school together. Unlike most 14-year-olds, however, Thessalonika isn’t off early in the morning to the local high school. She’s going to…
Arrested: Michael Brandon Hill, 20, is charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, terroristic threats and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The crazed gunman who stormed a suburban Atlanta elementary school and threatened to shoot everyone…
Just the way the Republicans planned it. Head Start programs across the country eliminated services for 57,000 children in the coming school year to balance budgets diminished by the federal sequester, cutting 1.3 million days from Head Start center calendars and laying…
You know it’s late August because the school stories are coming fast and furious. And speaking of furious, how about the reaction to the Common Core standards that are supposed to prepare our schoolchildren for work and college? In New…
American consumers now have not one, but two federal agencies they can call upon for help dealing with abusive debt collectors. The Federal Trade Commission has brought several cases against problem debt collectors over the past couple of years. And…