It's deeply troubling that NJ has gotten worse, but it isn't surprising. My only word of caution is that any structure built will be used against you. If we think that creating new departments intended to reduce dropouts won't somehow because just another funding arm for woke indoctrination, we're fooling ourselves. The only solutions we should be seeking are ones that remove funding from the state and place it with the parent and child where it belongs. You can't fix their system. You have to build a private alternative that is superior.
Maybe we should call her Pamela Armpit, as in the armpit of our NJ legislature.
I called. Don't get annoyed and fume online, and then let these people off the hook. Let these lousy legislators feel the pressure of pro-child advocacy. We are not "fighting". We are advocating. For all children in the state who need remediation immediately. The State BOE will put some funding towards tutoring, etc. - but will prioritize by neighborhood. So if a child performed poorly or needs remediation in the wrong district, they'll have to wait.
Just saying, Vermont didn't do testing this year, and Maine has a new testing provider which delayed their scores, so NJ is really "last" to report - and now you see why. It's utter malfeasance. Push through the ideological garbage spring and summer before parents see how poorly children are doing. Parents complained prior to test scores that attention was being wasted on creating health and sex ed curriculum (all summer), and DEI, oh and our State BOE first focusing on sex ed by gender identity instead of by biology rather than academic remediation, but it's that much worse when we see how poorly our students have done with the ridiculous Covid protocols which caused all these issues.
And now the State BOE says they will prioritize tutoring remediation funding/services to disadvantaged neighborhoods (socioeconomically, more ESL, etc.). So children in neighborhoods that are not disadvantaged won't get the help they need immediately - now we are going to discriminate against them.
Keep this column for the next time someone tries to yell, "NJ has the No. 1 schools in the country!"
It's deeply troubling that NJ has gotten worse, but it isn't surprising. My only word of caution is that any structure built will be used against you. If we think that creating new departments intended to reduce dropouts won't somehow because just another funding arm for woke indoctrination, we're fooling ourselves. The only solutions we should be seeking are ones that remove funding from the state and place it with the parent and child where it belongs. You can't fix their system. You have to build a private alternative that is superior.
I’m on it! Contacting them TODAY!!!
Call Pamela Lampitt's Office: (856) 435-1247 or email: aswlampitt@njleg.org
Maybe we should call her Pamela Armpit, as in the armpit of our NJ legislature.
I called. Don't get annoyed and fume online, and then let these people off the hook. Let these lousy legislators feel the pressure of pro-child advocacy. We are not "fighting". We are advocating. For all children in the state who need remediation immediately. The State BOE will put some funding towards tutoring, etc. - but will prioritize by neighborhood. So if a child performed poorly or needs remediation in the wrong district, they'll have to wait.
Just saying, Vermont didn't do testing this year, and Maine has a new testing provider which delayed their scores, so NJ is really "last" to report - and now you see why. It's utter malfeasance. Push through the ideological garbage spring and summer before parents see how poorly children are doing. Parents complained prior to test scores that attention was being wasted on creating health and sex ed curriculum (all summer), and DEI, oh and our State BOE first focusing on sex ed by gender identity instead of by biology rather than academic remediation, but it's that much worse when we see how poorly our students have done with the ridiculous Covid protocols which caused all these issues.
And now the State BOE says they will prioritize tutoring remediation funding/services to disadvantaged neighborhoods (socioeconomically, more ESL, etc.). So children in neighborhoods that are not disadvantaged won't get the help they need immediately - now we are going to discriminate against them.
Oh, but let's table it.
Can I get a link to the original report or data? I can’t find anything about the ranking change besides a repost of this stack.