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.

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

Braun Crosses the Line

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”