When I talk about how much money Newark Public Schools spends each year, people are surprised. How, they ask, can a district that serves 55,000
Dear Senator Ruiz: You are a true champion for education to children across the state – and one of the top policy experts on the
As many of you have read over the months, I like to try to create some good trouble in Newark. Sometimes I push the line,
We have more than one pandemic in Newark. As if COVID’s not enough, we have an escalating disease of car-jacking, car theft, and violence, particularly
Most recently, in “Murphy Just Put a Ceiling on my Daughter’s Future,” I wrote about the developing educational crisis here in New Jersey. Thanks to
You all know I wear a lot of hats. Housing developer. Community activist. Political observer. But by far my most important role is that of
I’m not sure if everyone has been reading their emails or seeing the reports in the news, but if things were not challenging enough, it
As a housing developer and a community activist, I have a lot of reasons to walk around our city. It is something I really enjoy.
While it is not a very happy time for many of us right now, I do want to begin with wishing everyone a Happy New
As many of you may remember, I started this blog for really one reason — like so many other Newark parents during COVID, I could