Newark Supe Announces Grant from the Private Non-Profit College Board

Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf announced on Tuesday that the district had formed a partnership with the College Board, the private…

10 years ago

If You Hate Space-Sharing of Schools, Don’t Blame Charters

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has long regarded charter schools with antipathy, particularly the practice of allowing them…

10 years ago

Tom Moran Dares Chris Christie to Come to Newark (and Bets He Doesn’t Have the Guts)

Chris Christie's "Fairness Formula" would radically shift state school aid away from poor urban school districts, which mostly educate children…

10 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

Hold the phones! Here's Education Law Center's Executive Director David Sciarra on funding for charter schools and traditional schools: "You…

10 years ago

Why N.J. Still Needs Tenure Reform

"Two Mount Olive High School teachers, initially fired in 2013 after allegedly calling students "Negroes," have been allowed to return…

10 years ago

A Few Corrections to Dana Goldstein’s Slate Piece on Christie’s School Funding Proposal

Dana Goldstein has an article in Slate today called “Chris Christie’s Education Plan is Shocking.” While there’s much to like…

10 years ago

Under Christie’s School Funding Plan, State School Aid to His Home Town Would Increase by 1335%

In today's Record, Charles Stile reflects on Gov. Christie's proposal to place a referendum on the 2017 November ballot to…

10 years ago

Question of the Day: What Could Christie Possibly Be Thinking?

Why would Gov. Christie propose a school funding reform plan that hasn’t a ghost of a chance of passing through…

10 years ago

Two Conflicting Views on School Integration

Nikole Hannah-Jones in the New York Times Magazine:The [Brown vs. Board of Education] ruling made clear that because this nation…

10 years ago

QOD: Kofi from the South Bronx Tells Brian Lehrer Why He’s “Baffled” at De Blasio’s Charter School Opposition

Every weekday morning WNYC host Brian Lehrer hosts a radio show on "what matters most now in local and national…

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