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How We Start Fixing New Jersey Schools

By Laura Water (NJ Education Report) The Education Scorecard, from the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard and the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford, has a new analysis that looks at our national educational recession and highlights districts that are models for improvement. It includes state profiles: New Jersey is ranked 20th out of 38 states in academic growth in […]

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