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No, Newark is Not Flint: Facts on the Discovery of Lead in 30 Newark School Buildings

Today the New York Times, the Wall St. Journal, A.P., the Star-Ledger, and NJ Spotlight report on the  alarming news that…

9 years ago

Christie to Newark Mayor Baraka: I’ll Run Over You if You Resist School Choice

Just when it seemed like N.J.’s absentee governor Chris Christie couldn’t do any more damage to his brand, yesterday he…

9 years ago

How the Disproportionality Problem in Special Education and Disciplinary Practices is like the “Hotel California”

From the Associated Press:With new data in hand, the Education Department said Tuesday that disparities persist in the nation's public…

9 years ago

In Camden, Renaissance Schools are Community Schools

One of the constant complaints from the anti-charter cadre is that independent schools decimate neighborhood schools, which sometimes serve as…

9 years ago

Oy Gevalt: Newark Teachers Union President Needs a Little R & R

Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon has an editorial in today’s NJ Spotlight  where he argues  that New Jersey taxpayers should…

9 years ago

Newark Mayor Appears Before City Council and Attacks School Choice

On Friday afternoon Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared in a closed City Council meeting (YouTube video here) and told city…

9 years ago

Dear Anti-Choice Lobbyists: Get Out of the Way of Parents

I’ve followed discourse about Newark’s public education system for years and, suddenly, there’s a shift. While education politics and policy…

9 years ago

QOD: “I am living proof that education reform hasn’t failed in Newark”

Wydeyah Hay, alumna of KIPP New Jersey's TEAM Academy:While some of the things I’ve read have said that reform has…

9 years ago

Should Newark’s Facebook Money Been Used Solely for Charter School Expansion? New Data Too.

Today at The74, Richard Whitmire addresses the $100 million Newark Facebook grant and whether the money should have all been…

9 years ago

Mayor Ras Baraka Goes to YouTube to Rebut Newark Education Blogger

Eric Dawson, a new blogger at The Newark Report (and host of the internet radio show Real Talk Radio) has…

9 years ago