Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger runs the numbers:Let's start with the kids. At last count, 26 percent of Newark students…
“My fellow [Newark Teachers Union] members: we are in a war; we are a labor union. We will act like…
From Mike Vaughn's brand-new blog, "Great Equalizer":I know that there are more factors that shape a kid’s life than school.…
Speaking of Newark, earlier this week the New York Times ran a front-page feature on Mayor Ras Baraka that celebrates…
Newark students started school today in an atmosphere that appears to be a marked contrast to the agitation and unrest…
Kayla Patrick explains how we err in placing the goalpost for poor minority students at the current academic achievement level…
So, how’s it going at Camden Public Schools, where three new renaissance schools – hybrid district/charter schools run by non-profit…
The Newark School Advisory Board, reports the Star-Ledger, has a reasonable request: the state Department of Education should turn around…
Department of Dysfunction: the Asbury Park Press reports that the Lakewood School Board is suing its fiscal monitor Michael Azzara…
Jonathan Alter explains today why “liberals should learn to love charter schools.” His key example is New Orleans, where “over…