The Common Core curriculum is intended to improve education in America so that our students can achieve high scores like the top scoring province of China, Shanghai, and the city state of Singapore. But the Common Core standards can only do so much, and it is important that America adopt […]
Patch.com is coming to Oakland, according to a new Facebook page established by the editor of the Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes Patch.
The reason the “Bridgegate” scandal in NJ has attracted global attention is not merely due to Governor Christie’s presidential ambitions – but because it is an attack on our inherent human dignity. What has happened in New Jersey is not simply a matter of government abuse – we live with […]
Do you sometimes think that those reporting the weather are just being overly dramatic when reporting the wind chill factor? If so, you are not alone…but the wind chill factor can be a serious factor; and, with temperatures in Oakland, Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes about to plummet, it is a […]
The Top 13 in 2013 In No Particular Order… Here are the most read stories in The Oakland Journal for the year 2013. A trip down memory lane… Tim Pernetti – A Lucky Man A Thank You from the Altana Family School Lockdown Over Field 2 Fittingly Named Joseph Gaul […]
My dear little boys: I am writing you today, just a week before Christmas eve, in the hope that you will get this little note at Christmas time. All of this coming week will be holidays and I can just imagine the fun you will be having, especially when you […]
