Newark School Advisory Board elections are tomorrow and there’s much at stake for New Jersey’s largest school district. Within the…
Talk about how education, particularly the ability to exercise school choice, impacted your childhood and your life?I am a product…
Misha Simmons, Executive Director of University Heights Charter School (UHCS) in Newark, describes his student population (90% African-American, 10% Hispanic,…
Earlier this month Newark Mayor Ras Baraka gave his "State of the City" speech and devoted a long section to…
Everyone knows it but just about everyone is afraid to say it: New Jersey’s school funding formula is irreparably broken.…
Marcus Winters notes that "the rapid expansion of charters has done more to spread high quality education in America’s cities…
Jersey Jazzman is on a tear: he’s just published his fifth installment of an ongoing critique of Stephen Chiger’s piece…
Leave it to Jersey Jazzman, a.k.a., Mark Weber, to take offense -- and then become offensive -- after reading someone…
Traditional Camden schools, reports Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard, are showing signs of improvement, and therefore this year the district will not…
Last night was the first Newark School Board candidate forum at St. James AME Church. I wasn’t able to make…