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Camden Charter School Alum and Current Law School Student Decries Charter School Moratorium Bill

Rob Ransom, a graduate of LEAP Academy University Charter School in Camden and currently a third year student at the…

9 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

John Mooney asks, "All the stir about the state’s plans to relinquish control of Newark’s schools has raised a collateral question:…

9 years ago

QOD: Chris Cerf is Committed to Returning Local Control to Newark

The new state-appointed superintendent of Newark Public Schools says he's committed to returning New Jersey's largest school district to local…

9 years ago

Camden Parent on Superintendent Rouhanifard’s Community Engagement

“From the first high school fair to the new School Information Cards, I’m thrilled about the new opportunities I have…

9 years ago

Christie and Baraka: Perfect Together?

It depends upon whom you ask. The latest wranglings over the return of local control to Newark Public Schools is…

9 years ago

“If [Cerf] lasts three years in this job I’ll light my hair on fire.”

That’s Tom Moran in yesterday’s Star-Ledger editorial on the story that’s lit up the state and national media, as well…

9 years ago

Cami Anderson’s Talks about Charter/Traditional School Balances and Working with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka

From today's New York Times interview:Ms. Anderson had, in her tenure and her resignation, become a symbol of the raging…

9 years ago

Review: Chris Cerf’s Thoughts on Cami Anderson’s Tenure and His Commitment to Returning Local Control to Newark Public Schools

This past December Chris Cerf, nominee to replace Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson, wrote an editorial for NJ Spotlight in which…

9 years ago

Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson Resigns, Effective July 8th

Anderson's statement:Today, I am announcing that I will step down as Superintendent of the Newark Public Schools at the close…

9 years ago

Camden’s “Remarkable Scholars” Feted by District/Why We Need a New ESEA With Teeth

As discussions heat up in the U.S. Senate over a reauthorized ESEA (and urgency surges as the clock ticks away),…

9 years ago