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June 29, 2017: The NJ Appellate Court unanimously rejected all of the Hoboken Board of Education’s claims against HoLa’s expansion in an important decision that ends two and a half years of costly litigation. “Hola provides quality education to a cross section of Hoboken’s children,” the Judges stated in affirming the NJ Department Education’s 2015 decision to approve HoLa’s expansion to 8th grade. “As a dual-language school, HoLa allows students to become bilingual in a curriculum with a multi-cultural content, and thus advances public policy goals.”   The court found no evidence of economic or racial segregative impact or an adverse funding impact to the Hoboken district. HoLa Appellate Court Decision 6.29.17 by Anthony Petrosino on Scribd

Church Square Park- Hoboken, NJ 2017 Recently, the New Jersey Department of Education and Patch.com released data on the 2015-16 median * teacher salaries . The Hoboken School District, where I once taught and where I was a district administrator, is ranked 35th out of 647 NJ Public School Districts (traditional and charter)  in New Jersey placing it in the top 5% (5.4%) for median teacher salary. In addition to being #35th in NJ, the Hoboken School District is ranked #1 in its county (Hudson).  When comparing traditional pubic and charter school districts it is important to keep in mind that charter districts are a more recent educational phenomena in NJ and consequently teachers in charter schools generally have less years of teaching - and since most salary guides follow number of years teaching- this skews charter district salaries generally lower. Years teaching combined with relatively low teacher attrition in traditional NJ pubic school districts compared to the rest o

HoLa Class of 2017- Hoboken, NJ O n the evening of June 19, 2017 the HoLa Dual Language School celebrated their first graduating class. It was an exciting evening full of pomp and gala as the 8th graders and their family and friends celebrated their wonderful academic, linguistic, and cultural accomplishments and look optimistically to their future plans. The Hoboken Dual Language Charter School (HoLa) is an exciting dual language charter school that opened its doors to students in grades K-2 in September 2010. Since that time, the school expanded a grade each year until the school reached the 8th grade in 2016-17. HoLa offers a traditional core curriculum through instruction in both Spanish and English to children of all language backgrounds. The program utilizes the well-established immersion approach to dual language education with a range of opportunities for creative expression and experiential learning. Students will become bilingual and biliterate in a culturally diverse and nur

Photo credit: M. Dempsey/The Jersey Journal  An overflow crowd flocked to St. Francis Church in Hoboken yesterday morning- June 15, 2017- for the funeral Mass for a retired priest and his two sisters who all died from injuries they sustained in a car crash earlier this month. Three hearses waited outside the church, on Father Michael Guglielmelli Way, for the caskets of 81-year-old the Rev. Michael Guglielmelli, 87-year-old Dolores Guglielmelli and 85-year-old Antoinette Gallina. Guglielmelli and Dolores Guglielmelli died the night of the June 4 crash. Gallina died five days after the van they were riding in was rear-ended in Freehold by a pickup truck driven by Austin Janowski, 19, of Freehold, who was treated for an arm injury, officials said. The former pastor and his sisters, who grew up in Hoboken, had been living together in Cliffside Park. More pictures can be seen by clicking  HERE .  Photo credit: M. Dempsey/The Jersey Journal  Photo credit: M. Dempsey/The Jersey Journal  Phot

Screen shot of NetLogo Interface I recently received an NSF award for work with cloud computing with colleagues Walter Stroup (UMass- Dartmouth), Uri Wilensky (Northwestern) and Cory Brady (Vanderbilt). The project will help pre-service teachers develop more fully participatory and socially-supported approaches to classroom learning, using authentic STEM practices in group-centered learning environments. The work is of particular importance to those who prepare pre-service teachers for the classroom, because most programs don’t use this type of approach in teacher preparation. As part of the project I was invited recently to NYC for an NSF workshop on computer science and Colleges of Education. Here is a little write up on that meeting. -Dr. Petrosino    Petrosino Computer Science by Anthony Petrosino on Scribd

A few doctoral students and myself will be undertaking some new research in the area of early childhood education in the area of scientific and engineering practices. This is some exciting research and has some potential to really inform some developmental perspectives on young children and participatory practices in STEM. The text below is from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) sanctioning the study for various safety and compliance issues. -Dr. Petrosino  RE:  Bringing Scientific and Engineering Practices (SEPs) into Early Childhood Education Classroom: Multiple Case Studies Dear Dr. Petrosino, The new study application for the above-referenced study has been approved.  The approval letter and approved consent documents are attached to this communication and is also uploaded to IRBaccess.  Please save the attached (.pdf) version of the consent forms to your computer and print copies for your study file.  This is the approved version for implementation with study subjects. I wish y

Fr. Michael Guglielmelli ("Father Mike") and his sister Dora were tragically killed in a car accident last night in Freehold, NJ. His other sister and niece were also injured and in need of everyone's prayers as they are still in the hospital.  It is very difficult to put into words what Fr. Mike meant to not only his parish of St. Francis but what he meant to those who knew him and came into contact with him. An old fashioned parish priest- Fr. Mike was from the neighborhood and was a vital and vibrant member of the community for his entire life. His homilies were living parables-- he would combine personal stories with Italian phrases, insights, and spiritual meaning. He was loved and he will be missed. Statement from St. Francis Church: “ It is with deep regret that the Church of St Francis of Assisi, Hoboken, announces the passing of our beloved former Pastor, Fr Michael Guglielmelli. Fr Michael served our parish and the city of Hoboken with love and compassion. He

W ith summer recess from school upon us, some children who rely on school lunch and breakfast programs may be in a situation where they miss one or more meals during the day. If you know about a school-age student who will be in need of breakfast and lunch over summer vacation, text "FOOD" to 877877 and you'll receive a message indicating where they can go to get free summer meals. Thanks to my friend and colleague Kay Randall for informing me about this program. -Dr. Petrosino   This is a nationwide program - if you want to repost, it should work for anybody, anywhere. This is a real phone number, a real program, and an accurate message. The text information service is run by No Kid Hungry , an initiative of the non-profit organization Share Our Strength. No Kid Hungry has access to information about tens of thousands of groups serving free meals nationwide as part of the the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Summer Food Service Program . Click to Enlarge- 07030 M