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Newark Employs More Ineffective Teachers Than Any Other District in New Jersey

On a related note, the Partnership for Educational Justice just released a press release on the status of a motion,…

8 years ago

Anticipated Confrontation at Tonight’s Camden School Board Meeting Ignores Student and Teacher Needs

"All Camden High alumni should be proud of what is taking place here. It's for our children. It's not about…

8 years ago

Newsflash: Bruce Baker Analyzes Charter School Expansion and I’m Impressed

I am typically a fierce critic of Professor Bruce Baker but this week I find myself in the delightful position…

8 years ago

Newark Parents Fight New Jersey’s Unjust and Immoral Teacher Lay-Off Law

The son of Newark mother Noemi Vazquez is one of 10 plaintiffs in a lawsuit called HG v. Harrington that…

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QOD: Chris Cerf Goes to Washington

On Wednesday Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf gave a speech at the American Enterprise Institute in which he reflected on the…

8 years ago

Lauren Wells Has it Wrong: Parent Choice IS Collective Power

In an editorial in NJ Spotlight this week, Lauren Wells, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s former chief education officer, praises the…

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An Apology to Phil Murphy, N.J’s Next Governor, Who Boldly Voted Against the NAACP Charter School Moratorium

On Saturday the NAACP voted for a resolution urging an indefinite moratorium on the expansion of charter schools. This was…

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Camden Parents “Thrilled” By Mastery Charter School’s New Building. “This is the Most Hopeful We’ve Ever Been About Camden.”

On Tuesday Mastery Schools of Camden, a partnership with the Camden School District serving nearly 1,600 Camden families in five…

8 years ago

Great News From Camden:Most PARCC Scores Up Across the District

Today Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard announced PARCC scores for the district’s 16,000 students. These student achievement levels are the first…

8 years ago

Department of Chutzpah: Newark Teachers Union Start “GoFundMe” page to “Stop the War on Teachers”

Seriously, you can't make this stuff up. Here's Mike Antonucci:GoFundMe is an online fundraising site usually reserved for people with…

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