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Should Students Have Homework in the Summer? by JerseySmarts.com on Nov 12, 2009Just to show you the lengths that I go to in order to cover certain topics on this blog, about two and a half months ago I bookmarked a page on the New York Times because I wanted to write about the topic. The topic, whether or not students should h...

Yes! The Elk Candy Company Has Opened Their Online Doors! by JerseySmarts.com on Nov 9, 2009When I was a little kid and my family lived in Manhattan, every once in a while we would go to the Elk Candy Company on the Upper East Side (where we lived) to get the best marzipan on the planet. My Mom would take us there throughout the year and w...

Some Updates on the Election by JerseySmarts.com on Nov 3, 2009A little while ago I wrote that with 5% of the electorate counted thus far, Republican challenger Chris Christie was up in the Garden State with 55% of the vote to Democratic Governor Jon Corzine’s 38% of the vote. Well, more numbers have come...

Happy Halloween 2009! by JerseySmarts.com on Oct 31, 2009Little kids and sugar-craving teenagers all over the country have got to be loving the fact that Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. Not only do you have all day to anticipate how great it will be to get all of your candy for the next month and...

Happy Birthday, Mom! by JerseySmarts.com on Oct 28, 2009Just wanted to send a shout out to the best Mother in the world on this, her birthday! Happy Birthday, Mom! As you can see, I’ve enlisted the help of the Happy Birthday Pug to celebrate. The Happy Birthday Pug is generally not enthusiastic a...

More Information on the Revisions Made to JerseySmarts.com by JerseySmarts.com on Oct 27, 2009As some of you may have continued to notice, there are more changes here at JerseySmarts.com. First, the header is now changed to a three part design with the site’s button-style logo on the far left, a set picture of the steps leading up the...

Minor Design Format Changes and Revisions Coming by JerseySmarts.com on Oct 25, 2009Do not be alarmed, there are some minor design format changes and overall revisions coming to JerseySmarts.com. The first thing that you’ll see is the difference in the body of the website. The next task is to reorganize the header of the web...

Heading To Washington, DC For A Few Days by JerseySmarts.com on Oct 25, 2009A little bit later today I’m headed down to Washington, DC for a United States Department of Education conference. My portion of the conference will deal with charter schools and, specifically, how to get better financing terms for their facil...

My Ten Year High School Reunion by JerseySmarts.com on Sep 29, 2009This past Saturday night was the ten year anniversary for my graduating class from Roxbury High School. Actually, it was a combined reunion for the Class of 1999 (my class) and the Class of 2000. Typically, high school reunions only draw in 10% ...

Happy 30th Birthday To My Older Brother! by JerseySmarts.com on Sep 28, 2009Hard to believe that my older brother is 30 years old today. Can 30 years really go by so fast? Absolutely amazing. I mean, I can remember when he and I were little kids walking with our Mom down the street in Manhattan on our way to nursery schoo...