Andrew Gideon

I have recently written about the district’s steps toward data transparency – why they are necessary and where they need refinement. Previously, I focused on what data was...

Data Redefined: Turning Hidden Numbers into Local Action Have you ever looked at a spreadsheet or a report, nodded along because everything seemed fine, only to realize later...

For BNet – 2013/04/02 Note: This is reconstructed from this op-ed (also archived here) with corrected links and images. At a recent Montclair NJ BOE meeting, there was...

Since the news of our district's budget deficit became public, I've tried to collect both facts and methods by which we of the public might be able to...

In November of 2022, an achievement report was presented to the Board of Education (BOE) and the public. There wasn’t a lot of noise around this report, and...