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Newark School Board Elections Tomorrow: Here’s What You Need to Know

Newark School Advisory Board elections are tomorrow and there’s much at stake for New Jersey’s largest school district. Within the…

9 years ago

QOD: Shavar Jeffries Explains It All

Talk about how education, particularly the ability to exercise school choice, impacted your childhood and your life?I am a product…

9 years ago

QOD: A Newark Charter School Leader Describes His Students’ Special Needs and Calls for Collaboration, Not Combativeness

Misha Simmons, Executive Director of University Heights Charter School (UHCS) in Newark, describes his student population (90% African-American, 10% Hispanic,…

9 years ago

Parsing Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s Education Commentary in his State of the City Speech

Earlier this month  Newark Mayor Ras Baraka gave his "State of the City" speech and devoted a long section to…

9 years ago

Trenton’s Special Education Secret (and one piece of its budget crisis): 900 Children Bussed Away Each Day to Other Schools

Everyone knows it but just about everyone is afraid to say it: New Jersey’s school funding formula is irreparably broken.…

9 years ago

QOD: Common Enrollment Offers a “Simple Reform” that Increases Access for Low-Income Families

Marcus Winters notes that "the rapid expansion of charters has done more to spread high quality education in America’s cities…

9 years ago

Are Newark’s North Star Teachers Inferior to Teachers in Rich Suburban Districts? Mark Weber says “Yes.”

Jersey Jazzman is on a tear: he’s just published his fifth installment of an ongoing critique of Stephen Chiger’s piece…

9 years ago

Why is Jersey Jazzman Despondent Because Uncommon Schools is Providing Low-Income Kids of Color with Academic Success?

Leave it to Jersey Jazzman, a.k.a., Mark Weber, to take offense -- and then become offensive -- after reading someone…

9 years ago

News from Camden: Traditional Schools are Improving

Traditional Camden schools, reports Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard, are showing signs of improvement, and therefore this year the district will not…

9 years ago

Who are the Candidates for Newark School Board?

Last night was the first Newark School Board candidate forum at St. James AME Church. I wasn’t able to make…

9 years ago