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Budweiser Clydesdale Horses in Hoboken- 12/8/18 photo: The Jersey Journal  The following are the scores and ranks for the 2018 New Jersey PARCC Mathematics assessments. The information provided here supplies 1) the total number of public schools ranked for each grade level in New Jersey; 2) the rank of each district in Hoboken by grade level in New Jersey; and 3) the actual raw PARCC score average for the high school districts in Hoboken (Hoboken City District, Hoboken Charter District). Finally, a percentile score is presented which gives a sense of where the district is ranked among all the other NJ public school districts on the particular grade level PARCC assessment for 2018. Not a single tested grade level is scoring above 33% in the Hoboken School District in Algebra I, Algebra II, or Geometry. As I explained in previous posts, Mathematics in general and Algebra in particular are a civil rights issue as explained eloquently by mathematician and civil rights leader Robert Mos...

9th and Bloomfield St- Hoboken, NJ (1900) The following are the scores and ranks for the 2018 New Jersey PARCC Mathematics assessments. The information provided here supplies 1) the total number of public schools ranked for each grade level in New Jersey; 2) the rank of each district in Hoboken by grade level in New Jersey; and 3) the actual raw PARCC score average for the 4 districts in Hoboken (Hoboken City District, Hoboken Charter District , Hola Dual Language District, and Elysian School District). Finally, a percentile score is presented which gives a sense of where the district is ranked among all the other NJ public school districts on the particular grade level PARCC assessment for 2018.  Not a single tested grade level is scoring above 50% in the Hoboken School District in Mathematics. As I explained in previous posts, Mathematics in general and Algebra in particular are a civil rights issue as explained eloquently by mathematician and civil rights leader Robert...

The following is an example of a teacher contract from a school district in New Jersey.   TeachersCBA Hoboken 2014 16 by Anthony Petrosino on Scribd

Hoboken,NJ. - Mayor Cooke was the mayor of Hoboken from 1912 to 1915. That is Demerest High School in the background. In a story that will do doubt be of interest to many people who follow what is going on in education- the South Orange Maplewood School District in New Jersey is being accused of systemic deprivation of adequate education to its African American students. Of course such claims require data - both objective, 3rd party quantitative as well as qualitative data- like testimonials and stories of how various aspects of segregation may or may not have played out over time within a school district. -Dr. Petrosino   By  Karen Yi kyi@njadvancemedia.com , NJ Advance Media for NJ.com FULL STORY: Inside the suburban  South Orange Maplewood School District , parents  for years have accused the district  of systemically depriving African American students of access to challenging classes.  Now they've taken their grievances to federal court. ( C...

An economist finds that teachers unions raise teacher quality and increase kids’ educational attainment…  EduShyster : It’s a well-known true fact that teachers unions make it much harder to get rid of bad teachers. But you conducted a study   that purports to find the opposite. In fact, you titled your study The Myth of Unions’ Overprotection of Bad Teachers . Tell us about what you found. Eunice Han : What I found is that the facts are the opposite of what people think: that highly unionized districts actually fire more bad teachers. EduShyster : That sound you just heard was of jaws collectively dropping. While we give readers a chance to re-combombulate themselves (and arm themselves anew with anecdotes), can you walk us through your argument? And feel free to use a formula.  Han : It’s pretty simple, really. By demanding higher salaries for teachers, unions give school districts a strong incentive to dismiss ineffective teachers before they get tenure. High...

Hoboken High School- Hoboken, NJ  In 2015  a new superintendent was hired by the Hoboken Board of Education and inherited a high school ranked 212th in the bi-annual NJ Monthly ranking of New Jersey High Schools.   Jump ahead a few years and t he 2018 NJ Monthly rankings of 305 Public High Schools have been released . The rankings are comprehensive, using sound statistical and psychometric weightings to objectively evaluate the quality of high schools in NJ. Charter schools are public schools— free to all students who attend—and are included among the 305 ranked high schools.  Click to Enlarge  Hoboken High School is now ranked 260th out of New Jersey’s 305 public high schools. The NJ Monthly Report indicates that the school has an 8:1 student-teacher ratio (among the lowest in the state), offers 11 AP/IB courses, and about 40% of student take at least one art course. Unfortunately, the data also indicates that only 15% of the student scored at or above 530...

T he following are a portion of the public comments that were made at the  October 9, 2018 meeting of the Hoboken Board of Education by a former parent and concerned citizen as well as a response to the comments. The issue at hand relates around Black and  Latino/a students in the Hoboken School District.  TRANSCRIPT: Citizen: Where does Hoboken Public School District Stack Up in a state that is the 6th most segregated  school system in the country and the 4th most segregated amongst students with disabilities : 1.) The racial achievement gap is three times wider than the state average 2.) Connors Elementary school is the Jim Crow School and the Middle and High School uses  classroom segregation and racial tracking. 3.) The District has failed every stress test in equity, student progress, and college and   career readiness according to the NJ Department of Education and all third party   assessments 4.) The District is cooking the books on high scho...

The 2018 New Jersey PARCC scores were released earlier this month . The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a consortium of states that collaboratively developed a common set of assessments to measure student achievement and preparedness for college and careers.  A full analysis is forthcoming but here are the scores for Middle and High School Mathematics for the Hoboken School District.  7th Grade Mathematics Score: 721 Rank: 485 out of 505 NJ Schools  8th Grade Mathematics Score: 701 Rank: 454 out of 473 NJ Schools  Algebra I Score: 722 Rank: 472 out of 509 NJ Schools  Geometry Score: 720 Rank: 280 out of 332 NJ Schools  Algebra II Score: 714 Rank: 214 out of 315 NJ Schools   These scores triangulate with past years PARCC scores as well as a recent low ranking of Hoboken High School by the New Jersey Department of Education in which the school scored a 22.7 out of 100 and ranked in the 17th percentile of hig...

Hoboken High School, Hoboken NJ  In January of 2018 , a new rating system devised by the New Jersey Department of Education and in compliance with federal laws, assigned a score to all 2000 of New Jersey's public schools with a score of 1 to 100 with 100 being highest. Unfortunately, the scores are not part of the summary reports and are instead embedded in the more detailed school report of each school . This overall 1-100 score combines standardized test results , graduation rates , and chronic absenteeism .  The New Jersey Department of Education said it designed the new ratings to comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act , the new federal education law that replaced No Child Left Behind .  The law requires states to "meaningfully differentiate" schools' performance based on a variety of metrics and publish that information on school report cards, said Julie Woods , a policy analyst for the Education Commission of the States, which tracks state policy....

The New Jersey Performance Report is released yearly and contains data of every  from the New Jersey Department of Education on the latest data from Hoboken High School. Notice the disparity between black and white students and between economically distressed and non-distressed students.  Click to Enlarge Specifically, there were 24 students classified as "White", 108 students classified as "Hispanic" and 31 students classified as "Black" according to data by the NJ Department of Education on the NJ Performance Report. Only 36% of ALL students Met or Exceeded Expectations for the entire school. When we look at the subgroups, 62.5 percent (15 students) of the White students  Met or Exceeded Expectations, 37.1% (or 40 students) of the Hispanic students  Met or Exceeded Expectations, and 12.9% (or 4 students) of the Black students  Met or Exceeded Expectations.  Most telling, while the percentage of White and Hispanic students Meeting or Exceeding Expecta...

Add caption One of the trappings that our administrators at the Hola Dual Language School in Hoboken, NJ have been receiving over the past few years has been this program by the Relay Graduate School of Education. Both the program and its founder have received national recognition recently. Here is a story many might find interesting concerning Norman Atkins and his recognition as a recipient of the 2018 Heinz Award. -Dr. Petrosino  Established by Teresa Heinz to honor the memory of her late husband, U.S. Senator John Heinz , the Heinz Awards celebrates his accomplishments and spirit by recognizing the extraordinary achievements of individuals in the areas of greatest importance to him .  Of special note is an award given to an educational reformer:  Norman Atkins, education reformer ,  is recognized for pioneering new education and teacher training models that are affecting dramatic, positive change in educational achievement among low-income student populations, a...

Investigations and claims of  civil rights violations and racial segregation in the Hoboken School District have been going on for a number of years. In addition to investigations being conducted by the State of New Jersey's Attorney General's Office , l itigation initiated by organizations interested in the civil rights of African American students , and concerned and interested parents and community members , there were concerns articulated at Board meetings in March of 2016. Here is an interesting video taken from the March 8, 2016 Board of Education meeting where a concerned citizen speaks about the civil rights of the students of Hoboken and the role of the Board of Education and Superintendent Johnson. At the time, the district was involved in a lawsuit the district initiated against the New Jersey Department of Education and a charter school in Hoboken . Its an interesting video to watch. I have also included a transcript of the address to the Board for closer examinatio...