Margaret L. Colvin Nov 3, 2009
She retired from the State of New Jersey Department of Education with more than 30 years of service in November 2008. She was a member of Trenton Deliverance Center since 1978 and recently moved her membership to Kingdom Church in Ewing. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Lending a helping hand to students at one of Trenton's neediest schools Sep 6, 2009
For eight straight years, the Hedgepeth-Williams School, serving students in grades K-8, has missed the mark when it comes to meeting benchmarks on standardized tests, according to data from the New Jersey Department of Education. Change, they say, is partially coming by way of a unique partnership among the district, Trenton native and former NBA player Greg Grant, and a group of ambitious students from The College of New Jersey's (TCNJ) Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement. (NJ.com -- Times)
The Democrats Want Your Kids Jul 30, 2009
This will no doubt include lessons in America-hating (in 2006, a Colorado tenth grader secretly taped his Geography teacher ranting about American terrorism for the entire class period), racial grievance-mongering (Seattle public schools have dictated that teachers present Thanksgiving as a day of mourning for Native Americans), and revisionist history (earlier this decade, the New Jersey Department of Education tried to erase any mention of Washington, Jefferson and Franklin from history... (Townhall.com)
As graduation rates decline, Jun 24, 2009
In 2003, the New Jersey Department of Education released the white paper "New Jersey Special Review Assessment," which called for, among other things, an end to Special Review Assessment (SRA) alternate graduation routes. The department summarized its objectives this way. (NJ.com -- Times)
Achievement gap in public schools plays role in race Mar 3, 2009
Gov. Jon S. Corzine has taken aggressive action in dealing with New Jersey s schools in the past and will look to take even more progressive steps to further the quality of education provided by the public school system, said Beth Auerswald, spokeswoman for the New Jersey Department of Education. We re always looking for ways to further the level of education for New Jersey children, Auerswald said. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
