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Continuing the Conversation with Steve Danley

Thank you, Professor Steve Danley, for generously continuing our conversation about Camden Public Schools. These exchanges  are invaluable for dismantling…

9 years ago

A Response to a Camden School Choice Critic

I just read Steven Danley’s post on Camden Public Schools called “The Camden Enrollment System Has a Thumb on the…

9 years ago

Trying to Divine Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s Stance on Charter Schools

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s public education agenda is making news this week. NJ Spotlight reports today on the “growing relationship…

9 years ago

Camden Public Schools’ Accountability Scores Reveal Honesty and Leadership

Yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer looks at the grim PARCC  results in Camden: 6% proficiency in language arts and 4% proficiency in…

9 years ago

Anti-Testing Movement Privileges Rich Students over Poor Students

It’s like New Jersey is two separate countries, at least as I read my local papers yesterday. In the Trenton…

9 years ago

Camden Releases PARCC Scores and District Accountability Ratings

At Tuesday night’s Camden School Board meeting, Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard and Deputy Superintendent Katrina McCombs released school-by-school PARCC scores. The…

9 years ago

QOD: Newark School Board Member: Low Income Parents Drive Expansion of Charter Schools

Rashon K. Hasan, member of the Newark Board of Education, has a guest column at Education Post that decries the…

9 years ago

Trenton Public Schools Administrators Crow at Graduation Rates; Meanwhile, 0% of Students Are Proficient in Algebra II

What’s a high school diploma worth?That question underlies much of the current disputes about higher standards for schoolchildren.Historically we’ve flung…

9 years ago

QOD: Chris Cerf Unplugged

Peter Cunningham, Executive Director of Education Post, chatted with Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf about efforts to improve public education in…

9 years ago

The Canard of Charter “Creaming,” at least in New Jersey

A new editorial from JerseyCan examines the student body and student outcomes in Camden's hybrid district/renaissance schools. Here are some…

9 years ago