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Big Happenings in Camden This Evening

According to a press release from Mastery Schools of Camden, this evening at 5:15, just prior to the city School…

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What the Heck is Going on in Newark?

I’m trying to figure it out too. We know that eight students, members of the Newark Students Union, have been…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Post: Message to Anti-Testing Folks: It’s Time to Listen to Kids

It starts here:Last Friday in Newark Public Schools, 3,500 students in fifty-six buildings participated in a PARCC simulation, a forty-five…

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Newark Students “Occupy” Cami Anderson’s Office

At this moment a small group of Newark Public School students have been “occupying” the district’s central office on Cedar…

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Courier Post Editorial Post Corrects the Record

Yesterday WHYY Newsworks ran my column which responded to a badly-flawed Courier-Post piece, “Graduation Loophole Common in Camden” on Camden…

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Trenton Public Schools Will Lay Off Forty-Seven Child Study Team Members

Trenton Public Schools announced this week that it will lay off 113 teaching positions in order to try to close…

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New Newsworks Post: Contrary to Recent Reports, Camden Isn’t Using a “Graduation Loophole”

It starts here:On Monday the Courier-Post asserted that Camden Public Schools conceals an “eye-popping” and “unique” percentage of high school…

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Camden Update: “Our Students Have the Potential to Change the World”

I graduated from Camden schools, and the quality of the education my children were getting has been far below what…

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Brookings: “One Newark” Open Enrollment System Makes N.P.S. A “Standout” in Education Choice

The Brookings Institute just released its 2014 Education Choice and Competition Index and one of the star players is Newark…

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A Newark Mother of Ten Children Explains Why Her Children Need Charter Schools

Shayvonne Anderson , a Newark mother of ten children who range in age from five to eighteen, explains in the…

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