Thirty years ago today, I walked into York Preparatory School on New York's Upper East Side for my first day as…
Aside from the December holiday season, the back-to-school late August and early September rush has the most profound effects on the…
It might be summer, but the education know-nothings are clearly not at the beach. The latest case-in-point is former CNN correspondent…
The recent decision in California regarding teacher tenure is causing a great deal of anxiety in public education and in those…
ABC The story of the first-generation Ghanian-American student accepted by all eight Ivy league schools is wonderful, but it also stirs…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Christopher Cerf"][/caption] Anyone who's been paying attention to New Jersey politics and education should have seen this…
Giving of course my humble opinion, I believe we are at the high water mark of the anti-union, pro-market-force, evaluation-by-testing mania…
The know-nothings who decided that market-based reforms were just what the public schools needed can look to New Jersey for proof…
You know it's late August because the school stories are coming fast and furious. And speaking of furious, how about the…
If the thought of Chris Christie being reelected makes you feel woozy, then imagine him reelected and with a Republican majority…
I have a violet lanyard, and attached to it is a violet ID card from New York University. At the bottom,…
After 29 years in the classroom, and with a pretty savvy political sense, if I may be so bold, I consider…