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Meeting Agenda for the February 13, 2018 Hoboken Board of Education Meeting---  More and more people are not buying into the district narrative that "everything is wonderful" in the Hoboken School district and are beginning to speak out about institutional racism in the Hoboken District, how black students are being treated and corresponding low expectations placed upon them, the high per pupil spending and low test scores and rankings, sexual assaults and rape culture in the Hoboken Public Schools as well as unresponsiveness of the Board on transparency concerning student safety.  PATRICIA WAITERS- NJ ASSOCIATION OF BLACK EDUCATORS COURTNEY WICKS- Low Academic Achievement of Black Students in Hoboken BRIAN MURRY ELIZABETH ADAMS- School Security and Sexual Assaults and Rape Culture in the Hoboken Public Schools and Lack of transparency and lack of leadership   Hoboken Board of Education Feb 2018 Meeting Agenda by Anthony Petrosino on Scribd

Kolo Club. Hoboken American Legion Post 107 - Jan 2018 New Jersey education officials have for the first time assigned a score of 1 to 100 to each of the state's more than 2,000 public schools. The new ratings consider important factors the state uses to determine which schools need the most help which is a federal requirement. These school scores are similar to a letter grade at the top of a student's essay, with the rest of the report card containing important context, such as a teacher's comments. In a statement, the state 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. ...

In late January, I joined 60 representatives from 22 universities  — along with key stakeholders from the broader computer science education and engineering education communities — at the University of Colorado Boulder . The challenge was to attract more STEM teachers from engineering majors and to significantly strengthen the preparation of computer science teachers. The meeting was planned by representatives from UTeach programs at Boise State University, CU Boulder, and Drexel, with support from the  UTeach Institute  at The University of Texas at Austin. In total, about half of the  national network of universities  implementing the  UTeach secondary STEM teacher preparation model  were represented. A couple of other universities learned of our meeting and we were thrilled to have them join. This meeting built on the  CSforAll  movement, which after decades of reports recommending high school CS education for all US students, is finally making...

2018 NJDOE Hoboken Public School Ratings It seems as if the information coming out concerning the academic condition of the traditional Hoboken Public Schools gets worse with each independent 3rd party evaluation of the school district. Today's rating is by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) and paints a sobering picture of Hoboken High School, Hoboken Middle School, Connors Elementary, and Wallace Elementary. -Dr. Petrosino New Jersey education officials have for the first time assigned a score of 1 to 100 to each of the state's more than 2,000 public schools. Burying the simplified scores was intentional, said Pete Shulman, a former assistant education commissioner under Gov. Chris Christie. The new ratings consider important factors the state uses to determine which schools need the most help (a federal requirement), but they don't capture the complete picture of a school, Shulman said. He compared the scores to a letter grade at the top of a student'...

HoLa Dual Language School Classroom The following is the official press release of the 2018 HoLa Dual Language Lottery. Of special note is the fact that HoLa continues to be a leader in both the City of Hoboken as well as across the State of New Jersey in terms of incorporating approved preferences for both ELL students (English Language Learners) as well as low-income students. This year the preference has been increased from 2 to 1 to 3 to 1. While these preferences do not assure enrollment, they increase the probabilities of being selected in the lottery substantially for ELL and low-income students. HoLa is the first pubic charter school in NJ to offer ELL and low-income preference in its lottery.     HoLa Lottery 2018 Press Release FINAL by Anthony Petrosino on Scribd

Sometimes there is a need for objective, third party evaluation of a particular situation. This is especially true of schools and school systems. Administrators often paint glowing and overly positive portraits of the work they are conducting while pundits sometimes are criticized for being over zealous in their criticism. The public school district in Hoboken, NJ is one such example that we will look at today. Administrators claim progress while pundits claim systemic and chronic problems on many different levels including academics and equity.  Great Schools is an independent organization and rates schools all over the country on a number of different areas that are important in terms of offering a quality educational experience for students and families. Great Schools ranks schools in 3 main areas: ACADEMICS, EQUITY, and ENVIRONMENT. Each of these areas have a number of subcategories. Specifically, ACADEMICS: test scores, college readiness, and student progress; EQUITY: equity ...

Cal's Hot Dogs at the corner of Newark and Harrison Circa 1953 In September of 2017 the New Jersey Department of Education released the results of the 2017 PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College Careers) scores for all New Jersey schools and school districts.  The test is given each spring to students in grades 3 through 11. Students receive scores ranging from 1 to 5 on the computerized tests. Those who score a 4 or a 5 are considered to be meeting the expectations of their grade level. Those scoring a 3 are "approaching" their grade level, while students earning a 1 or a 2 need significant improvement.  Previously, 2017 PARCC data was presented by Grade and by School. The New Jersey Department of Education also presented District wide data which combines data from all schools by GRADE level. Presented here therefore is the 2017 Hoboken School District PARCC results for Grade 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. So slight note is high scho...