Camden

COMMENTARY: New ‘Report’ on Camden Students’ Academic Growth Fails the Smell Test

Last week New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) released a “report” that tries to prove the state takeover of Camden Public…

4 years ago

SANTIAGO: How Camden’s LEAP Academy Embraced an ‘Urgent Mindset’ and Successfully Stemmed Student Learning Loss During COVID

Gloria Bonilla-Santiago is the Founder and Board Chair of the LEAP Academy University Charter School in Camden, New Jersey. She is also…

4 years ago

Camden & Trenton School Leaders Hail Biden’s ‘American Family Plan’ as Transformational for Students Nationwide

Educational experts and public charter school leaders in New Jersey today released statements on President Biden’s proposed American Family Plan…

4 years ago

Camden Schools Reopen But Jersey City Schools Will Stay Closed Until September: Why?

Yesterday in Camden, district kindergarten-2nd grade students were welcomed back to in-person classes with "clean versions of hit pop songs,…

4 years ago

New Grant Lets Camden School Board Livestream Its Meetings in Spanish

On March 23d at 5:30, Janet Pablo, a Camden mother of three, turned on a Facebook app on her phone…

4 years ago

In Blasting Camden Superintendent, Union Leader Reveals His Agenda.

How does Camden teacher union president Keith Benson feel about Camden Superintendent Katrina McCombs? He’s “very much encouraged” by her…

4 years ago

Camden Superintendent Receives Outpouring of Support From Local Leaders

Below is a letter from 21 Camden City leaders who are voicing their support for Camden Schools Superintendent Katrina McCombs.…

4 years ago

Data Point: As Newark Charter Enrollment Increases, All Schools Rise

Just several weeks after New Jersey earned a spot at the top of national rankings for public education, a new Stanford…

4 years ago

Camden Teachers Union President Erupts Over Ed Dept-Approved School Closures

A new petition on change.org is demanding the resignation of Camden Superintendent Katrina McCombs. (Oddly, it doesn’t use her name…

4 years ago

Camden Superintendent Will Close Three Schools, Not Four, Despite Teachers Union Tactics

Last month we asked whether Camden Education Association president Keith Benson had the New Jersey Department of Education in his…

4 years ago