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Instead of Camden & Newark Charter School Cacophony, Let’s Listen to Parent Voices

Over the last couple of weeks, elders associated with anti-choice lobbying groups have mounted attacks on the expansion of hybrid…

9 years ago

Response to WSJ Op-Ed: Don’t Give Up On Unions and Systemic School Reform

An editorial in yesterday’s Wall St. Journal argues that philanthropists committed to improving education should give up on donating directly…

9 years ago

A Newark Mom Takes on Charter-Hating Adults who are “Crippling the Future of Newark Children”

Last week the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and WNYC hosted a panel that included Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Superintendent Chris…

9 years ago

Newsflash: Camden is not Newark

Today NJ Spotlight looks at Camden Public Schools’ plans to create a single enrollment process for parents who register their…

9 years ago

Just Out: Camden Public Schools Releases Second Phase of Strategic Plan

Camden Public Schools has just released the second phase of its strategic plan called “All Schools Rise,” which was created…

9 years ago

Fact-Checking Education Law Center

Education Law Center is back on the charter-hating trail again as it determinedly battles impoverished parents in long-failing districts who…

9 years ago

Abrupt Departure for Trenton Superintendent Francisco Duran

Superintendent Duran, who has held the top post at Trenton Public Schools since July 2012, announced that he was leaving…

9 years ago

QOD: Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard on Why He Agreed to Speak at NJSCERA Conference

I spent Tuesday in Camden at the NJSCERA conference on "The Future of the Camden School System." (Here's coverage from…

9 years ago

Camden Parents to Anti-Reform Lobbyists: Your Concerns are “Just Noise”

Both NJ Spotlight and the A.P. report today on the ribbon-cutting at Camden’s KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy, the first public…

9 years ago

New Camden Initiative: Simplifying School Enrollment for Parents

Camden Public Schools just announced that Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard is launching a “neighborhood-by-neighborhood listening tour to focus on the challenges…

9 years ago