Acting Commissioner Dr. Allen McMillan Visits Hoboken Dual Language Charter School - December 19, 2022

Acting Commissioner Dr. Allen McMillan visited Hoboken's Hola Dual Language School along with a number of educators and politicians on Monday, December 19, 2022. The Acting Commissioner learned how the school provides student education in Spanish and English in order to develop engaged, bilingual citizens. 

HoLa utilizes a 90-10 immersion approach to provide a robust academic curriculum through instruction in both Spanish and English, with a range of opportunities for creative expression and experiential learning.

The group toured classrooms and was shown how HoLa is leading the way for bilingual education in NJ.


Visitamos @holahoboken, centro de enseñanza dual en Nueva Jersey con el que retomamos la participación en nuestros programas. Muchas gracias a su directora Jen Sargent y a Nicole Cammarota por la acogida e interés y a Sebastian y Talia, dos guías de excepción que nos acompañaron.

New Jersey Kindergarten Enrollment - Big Drop

New Jersey's kindergarten enrollment is down by 9% since its 2012-13 peak. Half-Day K is almost phased-out. It's down from 31,782 kids in 2006-07 to 3,956 in 2021-22.

Thanks to State Aid Guy

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Twitter Connections: Chirpty.com

The following are my Twitter circles as determined by charity.com. You may wish to try this out for yourself if you are a Twitter user. 

 

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@Commonsensedee

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@delevanteM

@EdFuller_PSU

@stateaidguy

@NicholasFerroni

Circle 2

@padrehoboken

@BonShanique

@HobokenBad

@GaryHershorn

@JaneMylan

@HobokenCricco

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@JamieCryan

@melinabuzz

@TLile22

@shiningpath1950

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@Lori4DISD

@ProfTiaMadkins

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@jerseyjazzman

@DrSZuckerman

@HudsonCoView

@HobokenTroll

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@girlsreallyrule

@HobokenMatters

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@HobokenEmily

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@rebquintana

@michaelharriot

@bethgreive

AERA 2023: Accepted- College Access Program Participants’ Enrollment in Postsecondary Programs: An Investigation of Potential Predictors

 

Dear Anthony Petrosino,

We are pleased to inform you that your paper, "College Access Program Participants’ Enrollment in Postsecondary Programs: An Investigation of Potential Predictors," submitted for consideration for the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting has been accepted. Congratulations on this accomplishment. AERA received more than 11,000 submissions this year. To ensure the highest quality papers presented at the Annual Meeting, your submission was reviewed by highly qualified reviewers serving on a review panel constituted by the Division J - Postsecondary Education/Division J - Section 2a: College Student Access, Trajectories, and Transitions.  Reviewers' comments are now available on the Online Annual Meeting Program Portal (All Academic) System for your use (see note below).

As set forth in the 2023 Call for Submissions, the 2023 conference is a dual component meeting with a placed-based component in Chicago, April 13-16, and a virtual component May 4-5. Your paper will be scheduled for the Chicago component of the meeting.

The AERA meeting offers a number of session formats to feature high quality research and scholarly work. Your paper has been placed in a Roundtable Session titled, “Contextualizing Access: How Policy, Programs, and People Support Diverse Students”. Each format involves different modes of presentation. The program schedule will be available on January 20, 2023.  

All presenting authors must register for the Annual Meeting no later than February 10, 2023. Individuals who are not listed as presenting authors cannot present at the Annual Meeting. If a presenting author does not register for the meeting by February 10, 2023, their name will be removed as a presenting author. If no presenting author has registered by February 13, 2023, the paper will be removed from the program.

The final deadline for program changes is March 1, 2023. This includes changes to paper titles and presenting and non-presenting authors.

Copies of all 2023 Annual Meeting program related e-mail correspondence sent from the All Academic System, including this email, are available online in your personal "Message Center." This link is available in the Submitter menu of the All Academic System once you have signed in.

Registration and housing for the 2023 Annual Meeting will open in December 2022.  Since all presenters must register for the meeting, please register early to take advantage of the Early Bird rates.  

If you have additional questions or concerns, please contact the AERA Meetings Team at annualmtg@aera.net or 202-238-3200.  

Sincerely,

Felice J. Levine, Ph.D.
Executive Director

AERA 2023: Accepted- "Learning when Creating Student Centered Mathwalks"

 

Dear Anthony Petrosino,

We are pleased to inform you that your paper, "Learning when Creating Student Centered Mathwalks," submitted for consideration for the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting has been accepted. Congratulations on this accomplishment. AERA received more than 11,000 submissions this year. To ensure the highest quality papers presented at the Annual Meeting, your submission was reviewed by highly qualified reviewers serving on a review panel constituted by the SIG-Research in Mathematics Education.  Reviewers' comments are now available on the Online Annual Meeting Program Portal (All Academic) System for your use (see note below).

As set forth in the 2023 Call for Submissions, the 2023 conference is a dual component meeting with a placed-based component in Chicago, April 13-16, and a virtual component May 4-5. Your paper will be scheduled for the Chicago component of the meeting.

The AERA meeting offers a number of session formats to feature high quality research and scholarly work. Your paper has been placed in a Paper Session titled, “Culturally Relevant and Socially Just Mathematics Learning”. Each format involves different modes of presentation. The program schedule will be available on January 20, 2023.  

All presenting authors must register for the Annual Meeting no later than February 10, 2023. Individuals who are not listed as presenting authors cannot present at the Annual Meeting. If a presenting author does not register for the meeting by February 10, 2023, their name will be removed as a presenting author. If no presenting author has registered by February 13, 2023, the paper will be removed from the program.

The final deadline for program changes is March 1, 2023. This includes changes to paper titles and presenting and non-presenting authors.

Copies of all 2023 Annual Meeting program related e-mail correspondence sent from the All Academic System, including this email, are available online in your personal "Message Center." This link is available in the Submitter menu of the All Academic System once you have signed in.

Registration and housing for the 2023 Annual Meeting will open in December 2022.  Since all presenters must register for the meeting, please register early to take advantage of the Early Bird rates.  

If you have additional questions or concerns, please contact the AERA Meetings Team at annualmtg@aera.net or 202-238-3200.  

Sincerely,

Felice J. Levine, Ph.D.
Executive Director

AERA 2023: Accepted "Perceptions of CSforALL and Project Based Learning: Summary of Findings from an RPP in NYC"

 

Dear Anthony Petrosino,

We are pleased to inform you that your paper, "Perceptions of CSforALL and Project Based Learning: Summary of Findings from an RPP in NYC," submitted for consideration for the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting has been accepted. Congratulations on this accomplishment. AERA received more than 11,000 submissions this year. To ensure the highest quality papers presented at the Annual Meeting, your submission was reviewed by highly qualified reviewers serving on a review panel constituted by the Division C - Learning and Instruction/Division C - Section 1e: Engineering and Computer Science.  Reviewers' comments are now available on the Online Annual Meeting Program Portal (All Academic) System for your use (see note below).

As set forth in the 2023 Call for Submissions, the 2023 conference is a dual component meeting with a placed-based component in Chicago, April 13-16, and a virtual component May 4-5. Your paper will be scheduled for the Chicago component of the meeting.

The AERA meeting offers a number of session formats to feature high quality research and scholarly work. Your paper has been placed in a Roundtable Session titled, “Supporting Diverse Learners in Computing and Engineering Education”. Each format involves different modes of presentation. The program schedule will be available on January 20, 2023.  

All presenting authors must register for the Annual Meeting no later than February 10, 2023. Individuals who are not listed as presenting authors cannot present at the Annual Meeting. If a presenting author does not register for the meeting by February 10, 2023, their name will be removed as a presenting author. If no presenting author has registered by February 13, 2023, the paper will be removed from the program.

The final deadline for program changes is March 1, 2023. This includes changes to paper titles and presenting and non-presenting authors.

Copies of all 2023 Annual Meeting program related e-mail correspondence sent from the All Academic System, including this email, are available online in your personal "Message Center." This link is available in the Submitter menu of the All Academic System once you have signed in.

Registration and housing for the 2023 Annual Meeting will open in December 2022.  Since all presenters must register for the meeting, please register early to take advantage of the Early Bird rates.  

If you have additional questions or concerns, please contact the AERA Meetings Team at annualmtg@aera.net or 202-238-3200.  

Sincerely,

Felice J. Levine, Ph.D.
Executive Director

Results: 2022 November Hoboken Board of Education Results

 Party / Candidate

Votes

PATRICIA WAITERS

2,353 

7.54%

 Election: (100%)2353

LESLIE NORWOOD

5,938 

19.03%

 Election: (100%)5938

ANTONIO GRAÑA

5,371 

17.21%

 Election: (100%)5371

ALEJANDRO De La TORRE Jr.

5,236 

16.78%

 Election: (100%)5236

JOHN MADIGAN

1,652 

5.29%

 Election: (100%)1652

PAVEL SOKOLOV

3,504 

11.23%

 Election: (100%)3504

CINDY WIEGAND

3,734 

11.97%

 Election: (100%)3734

DONNA MAGEN

3,315 

10.62%

 Election: (100%)3315

Write-In

103 

0.33%

 Election: (100%)103

Vote Cast

31,206 

31206

Election

10 Things Worth Knowing About the Hoboken School District Fall 2022 Version

New Art in Hoboken - Michelle Hoogveld & Team

Ten Things To Know About the Hoboken School District

Fall 2022 Edition  

1) Brandt Elementary is the most segregated school in the Hoboken School District. It has the highest percentage of white students and the lowest percentage of hispanic and black students. In addition, it is also the School with the lowest percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.

Backup: https://hobokencurriculumproject.blogspot.com/2022/10/brandt-elementary-school-most.html

2) Most recent pre-pandemic state administered test scores indicate only 4 out of 10 high school students are reading at grade level and less than 1 out of 10 high school students are doing mathematics at grade level. Moreover, 9% are doing geometry at grade level and 3% are doing Algebra at grade level. 

Backup: https://hobokencurriculumproject.blogspot.com/2022/10/latest-njdoe-data-4-out-of-10-students.html

3) The Hoboken School District received $5,806,503 in American Rescue Plan Emergency Relief Funds. Has there been a public accounting of how these funds were utilized? How these funds were used to make up for the loss of learning during the pandemic? Is there data on the success/failure of these funds? 

Backup: https://hobokencurriculumproject.blogspot.com/2022/08/hoboken-school-district-american-rescue.html

4) Based on district self reported data, in 2021-22 Hoboken High School resident enrollment was only 344 students.

Backup: https://hobokencurriculumproject.blogspot.com/2022/05/2021-22-hoboken-high-school-resident.html

5) Estimated cost per student based on 2022-23 Hoboken District Preliminary Budget: 

Charters: $14,910 

Preschool: $20,670 

K-12 Hoboken traditional Public Schools: $27,275 

Backup https://hobokencurriculumproject.blogspot.com/2022/03/per-pupil-cost-estimates-for-hoboken.html

6) Total Hoboken District enrollment between October 15, 2020 and October 15, 2021 was down 2.3% 

Backup: https://hobokencurriculumproject.blogspot.com/2022/03/skyrocketing-enrollment-in-hoboken.html

7) In 2019 the Hoboken Board of Education’s current super majority opposed Elysian’s expansion of a couple of dozen students to the NJDOE. Less than 12 months later, the same Board and Superintendent talk about “explosive enrollment gains” 

Backup: https://hobokencurriculumproject.blogspot.com/2021/12/test-elysian.html

8) In the most recent contract of the superintendent (2021) there are listed 3 “quantitative” and 2 “qualitative” areas for merit increases. Each quantitative area is worth up to 3.33% and each “qualitative” area is worth 2.5% for a total of potentially 15% of the entire salary. However, there is no articulation or details as to what these merit criteria or areas are. 

Backup: https://www.scribd.com/document/527332295/Hoboken-Superintendent-Christine-Johnson-Contract-Approval-7-1-2021-to-6-30-2026-Full-Packet

9) The Hoboken Board of Education severely misprojected the 2021-22 enrollment by 1500% costing taxpayers over $3.7 million dollars as part of a 10% local tax levy hike during the heart of the recession and pandemic. 

Backup: https://hobokencurriculumproject.blogspot.com/2021/05/hoboken-board-of-education-grossly.html

https://hobokencurriculumproject.blogspot.com/2020/05/hoboken-board-of-education-unanimously.html

10) In 2012 the Hoboken Board of Education voted to accept the offer on the NJDOE to not have a public election on the Board of Education budget if the next years budget was to be a 2% increase of less. 

The result has been the taxpayers and citizens of Hoboken have not voted on a school budget in over a decade. 

The result has been an incentive by the Hoboken Board of Education to keep the budget at a 2% increase or less resulting in over a decade of needed money for maintenance of schools resulting in appealing to the pubic for the poor state of the school buildings. 

Backup: https://observer.com/2012/02/as-hundreds-of-school-districts-opt-for-november-elections-pols-weigh-in/

https://hobokencurriculumproject.blogspot.com/2016/05/school-budgets-approved-in-most-nj.html