(This is a guest post by Charles Sahm, who is director of education policy at the Manhattan Institute, a think tank…
It’s easy to be skeptical about improvements to Newark Public Schools,given its sordid history of corruption, desultory oversight, and --…
The big news story today, of course, is U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell’s failure to summon enough votes to bring to…
On Thursday I attended College Signing Day at North Star, one of Newark’s best public charter schools. But someone beat…
“We are hopeful that the winners are ready to get to work to put Newark back in local control,” Abeigon…
Newark’s School Board elections are over and the this newly-configured nine-member School Board -- for twenty-two years demoted to "advisory"…
In less than two weeks Newark voters will elect three new members of their Board of Education and the stakes…
Last Wednesday KIPP New Jersey hosted the 10th annual “Be the Change” celebration, its primary fundraising initiative. By the end…
Earlier this month, a short animated video was released to the public explaining New Jersey’s quality-blind “last in, first out”…
Earlier this month the New Jersey Department of Education announced the closing of three charter schools in Newark: Newark Prep,…