Cranford Scores and Standings: May 16

Your interactive, daily digest for all Cranford scores, schedules and standings — and a place for you to add information and images for all youth sports.

YOU CAN NOW GET MORE PATCH SPORTS COVERAGE ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER!  Twitter: @UC_Patch_Sports Facebook: Union County Patch Sports   Welcome to Cranford's Daily Sports Digest: a place where every day you will find the schedule, scores and standings for all school sports. The Daily Sports Digest is designed for you to add your best photo and/or video to share.  We are always looking for contributions of any level from parents, fans, team managers and others who follow the team.  If you would like to be a contact for a particular team or if you see anything in our scores, standings, or schedules that requires updating, please e-mail rconforti.patch@gmail.com.   Cranford High School     News and Notes Baseball Cranford 6, Elizabeth 4: Chris …

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Cranford Scores and Standings: May 15

Your interactive, daily digest for all Cranford scores, schedules and standings — and a place for you to add information and images for all youth sports.

YOU CAN NOW GET MORE PATCH SPORTS COVERAGE ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER!  Twitter: @UC_Patch_Sports Facebook: Union County Patch Sports   Welcome to Cranford's Daily Sports Digest: a place where every day you will find the schedule, scores and standings for all school sports. The Daily Sports Digest is designed for you to add your best photo and/or video to share.  We are always looking for contributions of any level from parents, fans, team managers and others who follow the team.  If you would like to be a contact for a particular team or if you see anything in our scores, standings, or schedules that requires updating, please e-mail rconforti.patch@gmail.com.   Cranford High School     News and Notes Baseball Cranford 6, Elizabeth 4: Chris …

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Should Public School Districts Pay for Private School Busing?

The state requires public school districts to pay the transportation costs for students attending private and parochial schools.

New Jersey public school districts have been paying to bus parochial and private school students for years. A report in The Asbury Park Press puts the annual cost at $77 million a year for about 90,000 students of religious and other private schools, money that comes out of local budgets funded by property taxes. According to the paper, districts are required "to spend up to $884 on transportation for each student attending a private school, be it on a school bus or a parent driving the child to class." The state is one of only a handful that pay for private-school busing, with 34 banning all public funding for private schooling. Patch wants to know what you think. Offer your thoughts in the comments section below.

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POLL: Are Student Secrets a Proper Test Question?

Some parents in New Jersey weren't happy with one of the questions on the NJASK test.

  The NJ ASK standardized testing is designed to test the general knowledge of state kindergarten through eighth grade students, but this year for some third graders, 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 said that it was not a part of the students' scores. But some parents, including Richard Goldberg of Marlboro, whose 9-year-old twins told him about it, said he thinks the question was …

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Blue Devils Take Home Hardware at UCIAC Tournament

The Westfield Blue Devils won both the team and individual championships at the 2012 UCIAC Tournament at Echo Lake CC.

Report: Arts Education Leads to Higher Test Scores

New Jersey Arts Education Census Project surveys nearly all schools to compare arts education offerings.

A statewide survey of arts education programs in New Jersey schools to be released Thursday finds a correlation between schools with more arts education programs and greater proficiency scores on the language sections of the state's High School Proficiency Assessment.   The report is a follow-up to one conducted in 2007, and is a joint project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the state Department of Education, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey Arts Education Partnership, ArtPride New Jersey Foundation, and Quadrant Arts Education Research. According to Robert Morrison, project coordinator of the report and founder of Quadrant Arts Education Research, the report compiled survey responses from about 99 percent of the …

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