January 7, 2016

Newark City Council Dissents from Mayor Baraka’s Request to D.O.E. Stop Charter Expansion

Laura Waters January 7, 2016

Yesterday I wrote about a letter that Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sent to Education Commissioner David Hespe on December 17th, what blogger Eric Dawson called

A Response to a Camden School Choice Critic

Laura Waters January 7, 2016

I just read Steven Danley’s post on Camden Public Schools called “The Camden Enrollment System Has a Thumb on the Scale.” This piece, cross-posted at

Newark City Council Dissents from Mayor Baraka’s Request to D.O.E. Stop Charter Expansion

A Response to a Camden School Choice Critic

BREAKING: Statement from JerseyCAN on State’s Long-Delayed Release of Student Test Results

NJEA: Murphy’s Elimination of Teacher Performance Test Is a Major Win for Students and Educators

Murphy Signs Bill Eliminating EdTPA Test for Teacher Certification

LILLEY: Blue States Had More School Closures and More Learning Loss — Just Like NJ under Gov. Murphy

Lamont Repollet and the 64 Floor: How Did He Raise Asbury Park’s Graduation Rate? Let’s Do the Math.

Braun Crosses the Line

Too Much Fun to Pass By: Planet Princeton Trips Up Public School Choice Opponent Julia Sass Rubin

Ed Comm. Repollet Goes For the “Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations” but State Board of Education Refuses to Play – For Now.

Opting-In as “the Great Equalizer”