Camden

Can the Camden School Board Find its Inner Education Advocate?

Board President Kathryn Blackshear said Monday she hopes a vote on the Norcross proposal will take place, though she said…

12 years ago

What’s The Real Story Behind the Abbott/Voucher-Tinged Complaint Filed By Camden Parents?

That's the subject of my post today at WHYY's Newsworks.This past Monday, parents of three young Camden City Public Schools…

12 years ago

Camden Parents File Class Action Against Camden Public Schools

According to a media advisory released yesterday, three Camden parents whose children attend Camden City Public Schools will file a…

12 years ago

Camden School Board Rejects Charters: How do Education Advocates Balance Competing Needs?

My post today at WHYY's Newsworks is called "Camden's Rejection of Private School Managers Highlights Bigger Debate Over Urban Education.…

12 years ago

Camden’s Proposed KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy

Violent assaults, drug dealing, gang fights — sounds like a poorly run prison. But that’s what kids in Camden have…

12 years ago

What’s More Important? Local Control or Student Outcomes?

From my post today at WHYY Newsworks,"What's More Important: Local Control or Student Outcomes?"In New Jersey, nothing gets our blood…

13 years ago

Irony Alert: Closing Down Segregated Schools Reinforces Segregation

Education Law Center, standard bearer for poor minority students in New Jersey, issued a press release yesterday charging that Gov.…

13 years ago

A Tale of Two Cities: Charter School Expansion in Philly and Camden

Check out my new column at NJ Spotlight on the some similarities and differences between the radical public school overhaul…

13 years ago

NJ’s School Funding “Modifications” and Camden’s Public Schools

There's much fuss in Trenton over the Office of Legislative Service's report that Abbott schools are being short-changed by Gov.…

13 years ago