PEMBERTON — Navigating New Jersey interests and a likely presidential campaign, Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday proposed dropping national Common Core education standards he once supported but have since become a lighting rod issue for Republican voters. The governor, speaking at Burlington County College in Pemberton, declared Common Core is “simply not working.” Christie wants to… Read the rest of this entry »

TRENTON — As Gov. Chris Christie prepares to speak about “academic standards” on Thursday, some education leaders said they are worried he might continue to pull back his support of the Common Core standards, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Christie, a potential candidate for the 2016 Republican nomination for president, is scheduled… Read the rest of this entry »

HOBOKEN — In 1844, Samuel Pearson and his family started a small building firm to make bricks and lay sewer pipes in rapidly growing cities in northern England. More than 170 years later, Pearson is making money building something new — standardized tests. The British corporation is the company behind PARCC, the controversial new exams New… Read the rest of this entry »

A month before New Jersey is to start controversial new state testing aligned to the Common Core State Standards, Gov. Chris Christie muddied the waters this week when he said he now has “grave concerns” about the standards he previously endorsed and which his administration is busy promoting. Speaking at a GOP… Read the rest of this entry »