Last week I interviewed Jess Rooney, founder of People’s Prep, the only charter school in Newark without a “feeder,” i.e.,…
The New Jersey Children’s Foundation (NJCF) just issued an analysis called “A New Baseline: Progress in Newark’s District and Charter…
“Whether they’re attending college or joining our military, we want to support the next generation of Newark leaders by providing…
Every year school administrators and central office staff wig out right before October 15th. Why? That’s the date when districts…
I stand corrected. Yesterday, in reporting on a rumor about the departure of Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet, I noted that…
The New Jersey Department of Education is rife with gossip, as many workplaces are, but in my experience gossip spreads…
Mike Lilley of the Sunlight Foundation of New Jersey raises an interesting point in a recent blog post: While Tom…
Today’s New York Times has a story about a two-year-old named Skylar Jones born in 2014 with a “common and…
This is a guest post by Andrew Martin, who served as the Chief Data Officer for the Newark Public Schools…
Once upon a time the New Jersey Education Association was about education and professional development for teachers. But NJ’s primary…