GREAT NEWS from New Jersey SOS: State Court Strikes Down PARCC as Graduation Requirement!

This just in from Save Our Schools New Jersey, from its Facebook page:

BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!!

NJ Appeals Court strikes down NJ’s PARCC-based high school graduation rules!!!

From Education Law Center and ACLUNJ

NJ Appeals Court: “We hold, therefore, that to the extent the [NJDOE] regulations required testing of non-eleventh-grade students, they are contrary to the Act and are invalid.”

NJ Appeals Court: “However, the [NJDOE] regulations violate the Act to the extent they specifically authorize multiple tests administered in grades other than the eleventh grade.”

“the Act compels DOE to provide for alternative methods of assessing proficiency other than through PARCC testing or any other standardized testing process.”

“We hold N.J.A.C. 6A:8-5.1(a)(6),-5.1(f) and -5.1(g) are contrary to the express provisions of the Act because they require administration of more than one graduate proficiency test to students other than those in the eleventh grade, and because the regulations on their face do not permit retesting with the same standardized test to students through the 2020 graduating class. As a result, the regulations as enacted are stricken. To avoid disruption in

any ongoing statewide administration of proficiency examinations, we stay our judgment for thirty days to permit DOE to seek further review in the Supreme Court.”

Full opinion available here: https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/appellate/unpublished/a0768-16.pdf?cacheID=tmUepTY&fbclid=IwAR1ifXkDTOAOuplr8lI6cnVQNncJ9xdkNoER9LkXHjEYPHPwD-pLS7KF9bU

We will post additional information as it becomes available.

Happy New Year!!

THANKS TO THE EDUCATION LAW CENTER FOR FIGHTING AND WINNING THIS CASE.

Standardized tests should never be used as a graduation requirement as they are based on a bell curve and those at the bottom of the bell curve will always fail, and they will always be the most disadvantaged students.

New Jersey is one of only six states that still uses PARCC. This test has standards more rigorous than NAEP. It is designed to fail most students. DUMP PARCC!

Rush Day at the Rock Hall in Cleveland January 19th including a Geddy Lee book signing and interview event featuring Alex Lifeson

UPDATE – 1/9@3:03PM: Here’s part of Eddie Trunk’s interview with Geddy from earlier today where he talks about the Rush Day event:

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Westchester & Fairfield Cheat Sheet: Elmsford warehouse sold for $70.25M, CBRE and NKF take temperature of office leasing market … & more

Mack-Cali sells Elmsford Distribution Center for $70.25M A six-building industrial park in Westchester has been sold by Mack-Cali Realty Corporation to Realterm Logistics for $70.25 million. The New Jersey-based real estate investment trust parted ways with the Elmsford Distribution Center on Warehouse Lane as part of a plan to shift its focus away from the flex-warehouse business. Tenants at the center, which is 98.3 percent leased, include the Barrie House Coffee Company, Pepperidge Farms and […]

GREAT NEWS from New Jersey SOS: State Court Strikes Down PARCC as Graduation Requirement!

This just in from Save Our Schools New Jersey, from its Facebook page:

BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!!

NJ Appeals Court strikes down NJ’s PARCC-based high school graduation rules!!!

From Education Law Center and ACLUNJ

NJ Appeals Court: “We hold, therefore, that to the extent the [NJDOE] regulations required testing of non-eleventh-grade students, they are contrary to the Act and are invalid.”

NJ Appeals Court: “However, the [NJDOE] regulations violate the Act to the extent they specifically authorize multiple tests administered in grades other than the eleventh grade.”

“the Act compels DOE to provide for alternative methods of assessing proficiency other than through PARCC testing or any other standardized testing process.”

“We hold N.J.A.C. 6A:8-5.1(a)(6),-5.1(f) and -5.1(g) are contrary to the express provisions of the Act because they require administration of more than one graduate proficiency test to students other than those in the eleventh grade, and because the regulations on their face do not permit retesting with the same standardized test to students through the 2020 graduating class. As a result, the regulations as enacted are stricken. To avoid disruption in

any ongoing statewide administration of proficiency examinations, we stay our judgment for thirty days to permit DOE to seek further review in the Supreme Court.”

Full opinion available here: https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/appellate/unpublished/a0768-16.pdf?cacheID=tmUepTY&fbclid=IwAR1ifXkDTOAOuplr8lI6cnVQNncJ9xdkNoER9LkXHjEYPHPwD-pLS7KF9bU

We will post additional information as it becomes available.

Happy New Year!!

THANKS TO THE EDUCATION LAW CENTER FOR FIGHTING AND WINNING THIS CASE.

Standardized tests should never be used as a graduation requirement as they are based on a bell curve and those at the bottom of the bell curve will always fail, and they will always be the most disadvantaged students.

New Jersey is one of only six states that still uses PARCC. This test has standards more rigorous than NAEP. It is designed to fail most students. DUMP PARCC!

GREAT NEWS from New Jersey SOS: State Court Strikes Down PARCC as Graduation Requirement!

This just in from Save Our Schools New Jersey, from its Facebook page:

BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!!

NJ Appeals Court strikes down NJ’s PARCC-based high school graduation rules!!!

From Education Law Center and ACLUNJ

NJ Appeals Court: “We hold, therefore, that to the extent the [NJDOE] regulations required testing of non-eleventh-grade students, they are contrary to the Act and are invalid.”

NJ Appeals Court: “However, the [NJDOE] regulations violate the Act to the extent they specifically authorize multiple tests administered in grades other than the eleventh grade.”

“the Act compels DOE to provide for alternative methods of assessing proficiency other than through PARCC testing or any other standardized testing process.”

“We hold N.J.A.C. 6A:8-5.1(a)(6),-5.1(f) and -5.1(g) are contrary to the express provisions of the Act because they require administration of more than one graduate proficiency test to students other than those in the eleventh grade, and because the regulations on their face do not permit retesting with the same standardized test to students through the 2020 graduating class. As a result, the regulations as enacted are stricken. To avoid disruption in

any ongoing statewide administration of proficiency examinations, we stay our judgment for thirty days to permit DOE to seek further review in the Supreme Court.”

Full opinion available here: https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/appellate/unpublished/a0768-16.pdf?cacheID=tmUepTY&fbclid=IwAR1ifXkDTOAOuplr8lI6cnVQNncJ9xdkNoER9LkXHjEYPHPwD-pLS7KF9bU

We will post additional information as it becomes available.

Happy New Year!!

THANKS TO THE EDUCATION LAW CENTER FOR FIGHTING AND WINNING THIS CASE.

Standardized tests should never be used as a graduation requirement as they are based on a bell curve and those at the bottom of the bell curve will always fail, and they will always be the most disadvantaged students.

New Jersey is one of only six states that still uses PARCC. This test has standards more rigorous than NAEP. It is designed to fail most students. DUMP PARCC!

Serial hotel developer files plans for two new projects in East New York

Prolific hotel developer Nehalkumar Gandhi has his sights set on East New York for his next projects. Gandhi filed plans with the city’s Department of Buildings on Friday for two new hotels in the neighborhood at 51 and 55 Sheffield Avenue. The hotel at 51 Sheffield will stand eight stories tall with 63 rooms across 18,864 square feet, and the hotel at 55 Sheffield will stand nine stories tall with 70 rooms across 21,073 square […]

Here’s what the $10M-$20M NYC investment sales market looked like last week

In the world of mid-market New York City investment sales last week, Barberry Rose Management bought an Inwood property and Stellar Management and City Urban Realty acquired a Williamsburg apartment building. 1.) Barberry Rose Management bought a five-story apartment building in Inwood for $10.4 million. The property, at 9 Post Avenue, is a 42,100-square-foot building with 48 apartments, according to city data. The sellers are 9-15 Post LLC and PS Post Ave LLC, with Michael […]

Geddy Lee serves as guest judge for Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Toronto

Canadian culinary competition Canada’s Great Kitchen Party (previously known as Gold Medal Plates) presented its annual Toronto Regional Qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships this past Monday, October 29th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and Rush’s Geddy Lee served as one of the judges for the competition. Chef Elia Herrera of Los Colibris took home the gold medal at the event, which was hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos and included performances by Ed Robertson, Tom Cochrane and others. Geddy Lee did not perform but did appear in a few Twitter photos such as this one, and this one. Geddy has participated as a judge for the event in the past.

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Hamptons Cheat Sheet: South Fork home sales drop for third consecutive quarter … & more

Number of South Fork home sales drop for third consecutive quarter South Fork home sales slipped by more than 10 percent for the third quarter in a row, 27east reported. The third quarter dipped more than 13 percent compared to the same quarter in 2017 according to a Miller Samuel report conducted for Douglas Elliman. Sales at both the low and high end have fallen off, bringing the median home sale price in the area […]

Vornado is buying Marriott Marquis retail for $442M

Host Hotel & Resorts has sold the retail and commercial condo portion of the New York Marriott Marquis to Vornado Realty Trust for $442 million. Vornado had leased 45,000 square feet of retail space in the hotel at 1535 Broadway prior to the sale. It signed a 20-year lease for the property in 2012 and agreed to spend up to $140 million to expand it. The lease also gave Vornado the option to buy the space. The […]