It’s Time For a State Takeover in Lakewood and Here’s Why

Anyone who has been following the Lakewood School Board’s antics over the last decade can only sigh at the most…

10 years ago

All Signs Point To The Waning of the Opt-Out Movement: Just Look at Princeton

Princeton Regional Public Schools is the bellwether of the opt-out movement in New Jersey. The wealthy and mostly White district…

10 years ago

Disunity in Newark As Voters Prepare to Select School Board Members

In less than two weeks Newark voters will elect three new members of their Board of Education and the stakes…

10 years ago

KIPP NJ Students Teach Us How To “Be The Change”

Last Wednesday KIPP New Jersey hosted the 10th annual “Be the Change” celebration, its primary fundraising initiative. By the end…

10 years ago

Newark Mom on LIFO Lawsuit: “I’m Just a Parent Who Wants To Make A Change”

Earlier this month, a short animated video was released to the public explaining New Jersey’s quality-blind “last in, first out”…

10 years ago

NJEA as a Fish?

This image above is from NJEA's facebook page. Predatory, anyone? Not sure what to make of it:  NJEA  eviscerating charter…

10 years ago

Paulo Freire Charter School Closed By State, Even Though “Our Students Are Outperforming Their Peers”

Earlier this month the New Jersey Department of Education announced the closing of three charter schools in Newark: Newark Prep,…

10 years ago

Here’s What’s Wrong With NJEA’s Strategy To Unseat Senate President Steve Sweeney

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported this week that the New Jersey Education Association just launched a full-scale attack against long-time Democratic…

10 years ago

This is Why A Rich Town Like Princeton Needs a Charter School

(This is a guest post by Princeton Resident Liz Winslow)The following are remarks I’ve prepared for a Princeton Board of…

10 years ago

News from Camden: All Schools Must Rise and So This One Must Close

This week Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard announced that Charles Sumner Elementary School, which serves 210 K-6 students and employs 57…

10 years ago