To Be A Woman In the Age of Trump

Did you wear a pink hat? Stay home? Help a girl make sense? Reactions to the post-inaugural protests were as…

10 years ago

The NJ State Board of Education Chooses Low Risk-Low Reward in New Charter Proposals

Earlier this year Gov. Christie made several modest proposals intended to tweak our twenty-seven year old charter school law. One…

10 years ago

Camden’s District and Charter Schools Collaborate So That More Students Succeed — and It’s Working!

According to a new report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), Bridging the District-Charter Divide to Help More Students…

10 years ago

School Funding Drinking Game: Count Those Proposals!

I curled up in front of CNN on the evening of November 8th, cozied by a glass of wine and…

10 years ago

What’s Wrong With N.J.’s Teacher Pension System? Ask Your Nearest Millennial

A new teacher’s pension is supposed to be a perk. The truth is that for the majority of the nation’s…

10 years ago

Let’s Avoid “Alternative Facts” When We Talk About School Choice and Charter Schools

Over the weekend, Americans were introduced to a new meme: “alternative facts,” Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway’s awkward rationalization of the president’s reality-challenged…

10 years ago

Fear Not the Four Horsemen: Newark Traditional Schools Are Improving!

Newark Public Schools just announced some news that may startle those who view the expansion of school choice as apocalyptic…

10 years ago

Letter from Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf to Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon

This letter, copied in full below, is from Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf to John Abeigon, President of the Newark Teachers…

10 years ago

My Take on the Betsy DeVos Hearing: Paging Blanche DuBois

I’ve tried to be open-minded about Trump’s nominee for Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos. Many people I respect view her as…

10 years ago