As I mentioned last time, New Jersey has revised its high school graduation requirements, mandating the teaching of financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy starting in 2010. In that post, I talked a bit about Internet-based high-interest checking and savings accounts. Here are two more suggestions for young folks who…
Money On Their Minds, Part I
The New Jersey Dept of Ed recently (Ed.: February? Really?) announced that it has revised the statewide high school graduation requirements. You can read about all the changes here, but what I’d like to focus on is the new requirement of “2.5 credits in financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy…
IEPs for Everyone?
Well, not quite, but the NJ Dept of Ed will be piloting what it calls Personalized Student Learning Plans in 16 schools (14 traditional middle & high – including a former employer of mine, Northern Burlington Regional High School – a charter school, and a vocational school) starting in the…
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
This summer was a lot of things for me and my family, but “relaxing” was not one of them. With a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old (who’s going on 16) to keep entertained, it felt like the summer was a blur of museum visits, amusement park rides, movies, and trips to…
Does Gender Matter?
This post comes to you by way of a discussion my wife (a high school special education teacher) and I were having the other day about school administration and leadership styles. I am about to start the 10th year of my career in education (not counting long- & short-term subbing…