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Guest Post from Red Bank Charter School Principal Meridith Pennotti

When Red Bank Charter School opened its doors in 1997, it was a result of parents and community stakeholders coming…

9 years ago

Trying to Reconcile Hillary Clinton’s “Firewall” of Black Americans with her Anti-Charter Rhetoric

Well, it's a hard slog, but today the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board gives such reconciliation a shot. No dice.…

9 years ago

New Report on Middle-Class N.J. Public Schools: “Not as Good as You Think”

The Pacific Research Institute has a new report out called “Not as Good as You Think: Why Middle Class Parents…

9 years ago

QOD: Weingarten Aside, NYS’s Teacher Union Lobbies Against John King’s Confirmation

The Editorial Board at Newsday considers a realignment  of “education warriors,” those who lobby for reform and those who lobby…

9 years ago

Analyses and Reactions to Christie’s Proposed Education Budget

Yesterday afternoon Gov. Christie proposed his 2017 budget of $34.8 billion. (Here's the budget and here's a transcript of the…

9 years ago

Philadelphia Principal on Academia’s “Privilege and Arrogance” Regarding Parent Demand for Charter Schools

Philadelphia Public Schools has a decades-long history of failing traditional public schools and, hence, parents continue to demand seats in…

9 years ago

What’s Should a High School Diploma Be Worth? N.J. Apologists and Anti-PARCC-ers Say “Not Much”

In today’s NJ Spotlight, Mark Weber, ally of NJEA, Save Our Schools-NJ, Education Law Center, and doctoral student of Bruce…

9 years ago

How Do PARCC, Smarter Balanced, ACT, and MCAS Compare?

If you've been wondering, the Fordham Foundation just released its new report called "Evaluating the Content and Quality of Next…

9 years ago

Los Angeles Teacher Union Counting Votes on Whether to Raise Dues to Pay for “Ideological Activities”

The 32,000 members of the Los Angeles teachers union, UTLA, is counting member votes on whether to raise mandatory dues,…

9 years ago

QOD: Graduation Rates Fall at Some of de Blasio’s “Renewal Schools”

Graduation rates fell or stagnated last year at 10 of the low-performing city high schools targeted for “renewal” by Mayor…

9 years ago