Tuesday, April 23, 2013
John Radzik, a third grade teacher at Avenel Street School, has been dismissed following a NJ Department of Education arbitration hearing.
One of the five Woodbridge school district educators who were placed on paid suspension last year on allegations of cheating misbehavior to increase standardized test scores has been fired. The Board of Education voted to dismiss John Radzik - once named Teacher of the Year - on April 18, based on the results of a NJ Department of Education arbitration report. "We prevailed. We proved most of our accusations. There was a whole list of them," said School Superintendent Dr. Robert Zega. Radzik, he said, was one of the first teachers in the state to go before an arbitration board rather than a Board of Examiners. Zega replaced former Superintendent Dr. John Crowe, who resigned as the details and scope of the cheating scandal came to light …
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Dara Kurlander, the suspended Avenel Street School principal, has filed suit against OFAC and the anonymous sources who fingered her in a cheating scandal.
Dara Kurlander, the Avenel Street School principal who was suspended on charges of helping children cheat on standardized tests, has filed a lawsuit against the NJ's Department of Education's investigative unit and two of the anonymous sources who testified against her. In the lawsuit, filed in Middlesex County, Kurlander's attorneys charge that the Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance (OFAC) "falsely taint[ed] her reputation as an educator," according to a report in the Star-Ledger. In addition to OFAC, Kurlander's attorney Lisa Krenkel is suing the Director of Investigations Thomas Martin and Director Robert Cicchino, and two anonymous sources who reported to OFAC Kurlander's alleged desk-tapping trick that alerted students to…
Friday, May 11, 2012
Marlboro recently completed its NJ ASK testing, and some parents weren't happy with the questions on the test.
The NJ ASK standardized testing is designed to test the general knowledge of state kindergarten through eighth grade students, but this year it also tested their ability to keep a secret. According to the Asbury Park Press, students in New Jersey reported to their parents that they were asked to reveal a secret in an essay portion of the test, and reveal why the secret was hard to keep. New Jersey Department of Education Spokesman Justin Barra confirmed with the Asbury Park Press that the "secret" question was on the test, but was not a part of the students' scores. But some parents, including Richard Goldberg of Marlboro, said he thinks the question was inappropriate. According to Barra, that question appeared in 15 districts as a "field …
NotInKansasAnymore
6:22 pm on Friday, May 3, 2013
Hey silence....tell Mr Radzik if his Realtor / Supervisor job (s) don't pan out he may still be able to get a job in Woodbridge. I heard the marijuana facility will be open in September. more ›