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Press Release: Hoboken Mayor, District Superintendent Join in Celebrating HoLa Charter School’s Award

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Left to Right: Barbara Martinez, HoLa Board President; Julie Blunt, New Jersey Department of Education Ravi Bhalla, Mayor of Hoboken ; Dr. Christine Johnson, Superintendent of Hoboken Schools   Jennifer Sargent, Executive Director HoLa; Emily Jabbour, Hoboken City Councilwoman Mike Defusco, Hoboken City Councilman HOBOKEN, NJ (April 27, 2018)— The Hoboken DualLanguage Charter School celebrated its “model program” award at an assembly this morning that featured speeches by Mayor Ravi Bhalla , city council members as well as the Hoboken District Superintendent , Dr. Christine Johnson. “We’re here to celebrate what HoLa has accomplished through the years,” said Mayor Ravi Bhalla.”When we look at Hoboken, we always want to be ahead of the curve and be an example, and HoLa is  leading the way, ” the Mayor said. He also made note of the presence of Hoboken Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Christine Johnson. “I think Dr. Johnson’s presence shows that we as a community have turned the pag

NJ.COM/New Jersey Department of Education Reports on Most Recent SAT Scores of All Public High Schools in Hudson County, NJ-

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Hoboken Monday, April 16, 2018  As reported by NJ.com , the New Jersey state Department of Education released school by school data on SAT scores in it NJ School Performance Report for the 2016-17 school year. In Hudson County only four schools surpassed the state average for the SATs, the standardized test that is considered one of the key factors in college admission.  The state average score for the SAT reading and writing test was 551 and for the math portion it was 552 -- for a 1,103 total. Some 17 public schools in Hudson County didn't reach that total.  The average Hudson County combined score for the math and the reading/writing was 1,014, with scores ranging from a low of 859 to a high of 1,308. Hudson's average for math was 509 and for reading/writing it was 504.  1. McNair Academic High School Location: Jersey City Reading/writing score: 646 Math score: 662 Total: 1,308 2. High Tech High School Location: North Bergen Reading/writing score: 597 Math score: 595 Total:

2018 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting- Petrosino's Presentations

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The American Educational Research Association , or AERA, was founded in 1916 as a professional organization representing educational researchers in the United States and around the world. It is headquartered at 1430 K Street in Washington, D.C. As a nonprofit serving the education research field, AERA strives to advance knowledge about education and promote the use of research to improve education and the public good. This year’s annual meeting of over 15,000 members will take place in New York City. Below are the paper and posters that I will be presenting with fellow colleagues and graduate students along with a brief abstract on details of each research project. -Dr. Petrosino 1) Harron, J. R., Petrosino, A. J. , & Jenevein, S. (2018, April). Pre-service elementary education teacher perspectives of the use of virtual reality in science teaching. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY. Place: Monday, 12:25. We are listed firs

Hoboken Board of Education Meeting- April 10, 2018 Full Agenda

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 AGENDA HOBOKEN BOARD OF EDUCATION 158 FOURTH STREET, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 (MEETING HELD IN DEMAREST AUDITORIUM, 158 FOURTH STREET, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030) NJSBA BOARD MEMBER TRAINING 5:45 P.M. PUBLIC MEETING 7:00 P.M.   Hboe Full April 2018 by Anthony Petrosino on Scribd

SITE 2018 Poster- Petrosino et al. (2018)- Using Collaborative Agent-based Modeling to Explore Complex Phenomena in Pre- and In-service Teacher Education

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Click to Enlarge  The following posted was presented at the Annual Meeting of SITE 2018 . The title of the poster was Using Collaborative Agent-based Modeling to Explore Complex Phenomena in Pre- and In-service Teacher Education and authors included Max Sherard, Jason Harron, and Mica Kohl.  SITE , known as the ‘The Friendly Society’, is unique as the only organization which has as its sole focus the integration of instructional technologies into teacher education programs. SITE promotes the development and dissemination of theoretical knowledge, conceptual research, and professional practice knowledge through conferences, books, projects, and the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE) . ABSTRACT: Teaching and learning about complex physical and social systems are important for  preparing learners for life in the 21 st century. However, Grotzer and Tutwiler (2014)  explain that reasoning about these systems can be difficult when heuristic driven  cognition “can derail an a