Jessica Calefati

Jessica is a former editorial fellow at Mother Jones and currently an education reporter at the Newark Star-Ledger. She has covered education for U.S. News & World Report where she wrote about everything from the hazards of heroin addiction to the existence of gay-friendly public high schools. Her work has also been published by the Record Journal, USA Today, and UPI. A Jersey girl at heart, though not in accent, Jessica knows her Turnpike exit number by heart.

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Rove, Palin Pick Dumped in Kansas
Tue Aug. 3, 2010 11:00 PM PDT

When Teachers Cheat
Tue Aug. 3, 2010 9:53 AM PDT

Duncan Names Race to the Top Finalists
Wed Jul. 28, 2010 11:31 AM PDT

Obama Admin Cracks Down on For-Profit Colleges
Tue Jul. 27, 2010 7:10 AM PDT

Will Rangel's Ethics Trial Derail Dems?
Fri Jul. 23, 2010 10:29 AM PDT

Wall Street's Undercover College Scandal
Thu Jul. 15, 2010 6:41 AM PDT

CREW Accuses Liberal Democrat of Ethics Violations
Wed Jul. 14, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Deconstructing Gaga's "Alejandro"
Mon Jun. 21, 2010 11:53 AM PDT

Is Georgia the New Arizona?
Thu Jun. 10, 2010 4:12 PM PDT

Army Misplaces Bodies at Arlington
Thu Jun. 10, 2010 1:54 PM PDT

Banks Pay Colleges for Students' Names, Addresses
Tue Jun. 8, 2010 11:43 AM PDT

NPR Goes Gaga (video)
Mon May. 24, 2010 9:48 AM PDT

Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies

Wed May. 12, 2010 3:10 PM PDT

Arizona Bill Targets Latino Students
Mon May. 10, 2010 3:20 PM PDT

'Race to the Top' Winner Gets an 'F'
Thu May. 6, 2010 2:33 PM PDT

15 Minutes with Passion Pit
Mon Apr. 26, 2010 4:00 AM PDT

Could You Forget Your Baby in the Car?
Tue Apr. 20, 2010 5:18 PM PDT

Million Dollar Bottled Water
Fri Apr. 16, 2010 5:12 PM PDT

Texas City Brings Paddling Back to Schools
Fri Apr. 16, 2010 2:37 PM PDT

A Second Stimulus for Education?
Wed Apr. 14, 2010 4:10 PM PDT

Three Hours With Wilco
Mon Apr. 12, 2010 4:00 AM PDT

Student Loan Reform Sellout?
Tue Apr. 6, 2010 9:52 AM PDT

Stand and Deliver Teacher Jaime Escalante Dies at 79
Wed Mar. 31, 2010 5:55 PM PDT

PolitiFact Schools Lindsey Graham
Wed Mar. 31, 2010 2:22 PM PDT

Obama Signs Student Loan Reform
Tue Mar. 30, 2010 5:21 PM PDT

"Race to the Top" Winners and Losers
Tue Mar. 30, 2010 3:21 AM PDT

Student Loan Reform Tied to Health Care
Fri Mar. 19, 2010 3:30 PM PDT

Teachers Unions May Derail Obama's Plans to Revamp NCLB
Thu Mar. 18, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

A Menage a Trois
Thu Feb. 25, 2010 12:30 PM PST

Charges Likely for Madoff Men
Fri Feb. 12, 2010 6:19 PM PST

Meet the Na'vi Wordsmith
Fri Feb. 12, 2010 3:08 PM PST

Obama's Education Mini-Win
Thu Feb. 11, 2010 6:04 PM PST

House Bans Student Restraints
Fri Feb. 5, 2010 6:06 PM PST

Michigan to Push Teachers into Retirement
Thu Feb. 4, 2010 11:24 AM PST

Obama Budgets for Changes to NCLB
Tue Feb. 2, 2010 7:00 PM PST

New Study: Abstinence-Based Sex Ed Works
Tue Feb. 2, 2010 1:01 PM PST

Are Female Teachers Squashing Little Girls' Interest in Math?
Mon Feb. 1, 2010 7:43 PM PST

The Gender Gap in College Admissions
Fri Jan. 29, 2010 5:12 PM PST

Can "Superman" Save Our Schools?
Fri Jan. 29, 2010 4:56 PM PST

Two Muslim Scholars Finally Granted Visiting Rights
Fri Jan. 22, 2010 3:59 PM PST

Can the Spiffy New SEC Catch Madoff's Minions?
Tue Jan. 19, 2010 5:00 AM PST

Wyclef Leads the Charge to Help Haiti
Wed Jan. 13, 2010 3:58 PM PST

College Drop-Out Insurance?
Tue Jan. 12, 2010 1:45 PM PST

15 Minutes With Alex Ebert
Mon Jan. 4, 2010 5:00 AM PST

Test Scores Cause Some to Question Duncan's Record
Wed Dec. 30, 2009 2:07 PM PST

Vegas Strip Gets a Little More Crowded
Wed Dec. 16, 2009 5:12 PM PST

Gone With the Wind
Tue Dec. 15, 2009 5:37 PM PST

China Opens Massive Natural Gas Pipeline
Tue Dec. 15, 2009 3:48 PM PST

Bipartisan Effort to Ensure Student Safety
Thu Dec. 10, 2009 5:00 AM PST

College Grads Owe an Average $23,200 in Student Debt
Thu Dec. 3, 2009 3:47 PM PST