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Democrats look to squash Christie’s Proposed School Voucher Program

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Democrats look to squash Christie’s Proposed School Voucher Program June .2,2013 the staff of the Ridgewood blog Ridgewood NJ, At $2 million, the Christie administration’s proposed school voucher program is a very small piece of the $12.4 billion that the state projects it will spend on public [...]
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Join the Fight Against Common Core

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Join the Fight Against Common Core Lindsey Burke May 29, 2013 at 7:45 am Two competing forces are pushing on America’s K–12 education system today. One is an effort to infuse education choice into a long-stagnant system, empowering parents with the ability to send their child to a school that [...]
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Special interests alive and well, Christie says in lamenting lack of voucher programs

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Special interests alive and well, Christie says in lamenting lack of voucher programs SAYREVILLE – Gov. Chris Christie again turned his attention to New Jersey’s teacher unions when talking about school vouchers. The governor told residents the reason the state does not have a school voucher [...]
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Virtual learning means increased opportunity, advocates say

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3 months ago
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Virtual learning means increased opportunity, advocates say TRENTON – Proponents of virtual learning told the Joint Committee on Public Schools Tuesday that giving students the opportunity to receive their education online enables students who don’t find traditional schooling stimulating to learn [...]
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It’s School Choice Week

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It’s School Choice Week Rachel Sheffield January 28, 2013 at 8:34 am The third annual National School Choice Week is officially underway. Once again, school choice advocates—including parents, teachers, schoolchildren and administrators, and many others—will come together to promote educational [...]
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National School Choice Week to Host Cross-Country Train Tour

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Truman “Whistlestop” National School Choice Week to Host Cross-Country Train Tour Rachel Sheffield January 18, 2013 at 2:12 pm The third annual National School Choice Week is around the corner. And so is “the first-ever nationwide, whistle-stop train tour” to commemorate the week. The Whistle-Stop [...]
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Internet erasing classroom boundaries

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Internet erasing classroom boundaries Saturday January 19, 2013, 11:40 PM BY  DENISA R. SUPERVILLE STAFF WRITER The Record Teachers and other school employees across the country are discovering — often the hard way — that they can get into hot water for what they say and post on Facebook, Twitter [...]
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NJ Touts Educational Reforms But Earns ‘D’ on One Nationwide Report Card

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5 months ago
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NJ Touts Educational Reforms But Earns ‘D’ on One Nationwide Report Card StudentsFirst rankings raise eyebrows for judgment of Christie’s record — and who’s doing judging By John Mooney, January 8, 2013 in Education |2 Comments Two years ago, school-reform crusader Michelle Rhee was sitting in the [...]
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Israel Teitelbaum will speak on Pending School Choice Bill at the Larkin House in Wyckoff

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Israel Teitelbaum will speak on Pending School Choice Bill                             and Victoria A Jakelsky  A Plan to Protect our Freedoms 7 pm, Tuesday, January 8  At the Larkin House at 380 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff (1/4 mile North of Stop & Shop on the Right) More information: 201 891-5918 [...]
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Little Crane Montessori School

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Little Crane Montessori School, school choice, alternate education Ridgewood NJ, Little Crane Montessori School is a peaceful, lively, coeducational day school for children who seek to ignite the essential and lifetime joy of learning.  It is a small-sized school, affiliated with the American [...]
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School Choice: Securing a Better Future for Our Country

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6 months ago
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file photo Ridgewood Train Station School Choice: Securing a Better Future for Our Country by Andrew Campanella It’s time to take the fight for school choice in America to a new level. To ensure that millions of additional children have access to the best schools possible, we must — must — reach [...]
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Judge rules against parents in Camden case, kids to remain in failing district schools

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7 months ago
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Judge rules against parents in Camden case, kids to remain in failing district schools Sub-Par education forced on children by Judiciary An administrative law judge yesterday ruled against three Camden parents hoping to yank their kids from public schools on the grounds that they were failing to [...]
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State gives preliminary go-ahead to two new charter schools

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8 months ago
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State gives preliminary go-ahead to two new charter schools The Christie administration continues to be picky about new charter schools, with just two applications approved in the latest round announced yesterday — one in Newark and one in Camden. If it receives its final charter, the Newark [...]
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Twenty of 107 school choice districts are in one New Jersey county

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8 months ago
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Twenty of 107 school choice districts are in one New Jersey county Published: Monday, September 24, 2012, 11:06 PM By Renée Kiriluk-Hill/Hunterdon Democrat Nearly 20% of the 107 New Jersey districts accepting applications from out-of-district students under the school choice program are in [...]
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NJ lawmakers begin study of online education in charter schools

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9 months ago
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NJ lawmakers begin study of online education in charter schools Online education in charter schools — in all its different and controversial forms — will get the first of what could be several Statehouse hearings this week, as legislators start to sort out what is growing to be one of the state’s [...]
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of a New School Year

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of a New School Year Amy PayneSeptember 4, 2012 As of today, the vast majority of American students have begun a new school year. As lunches are packed and carpool lines grow, Heritage reviews the good, bad, and ugly in education. The Good Support for school choice [...]
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Back to School: Some Surprising Education Numbers

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Back to School: Back to School: Some Surprising Education Numbers Lindsey Burke August 27, 2012 at 12:25 pm As children head back to the classrooms, let’s look at two important figures to consider this school year: 308,000 and $11,400. 308,000: Number of members lost by the National Education [...]
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