Cerf told the school board and members of the public at the meeting that he was "unalterably, authentically, and completely…
Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger runs the numbers:Let's start with the kids. At last count, 26 percent of Newark students…
“My fellow [Newark Teachers Union] members: we are in a war; we are a labor union. We will act like…
Speaking of Newark, earlier this week the New York Times ran a front-page feature on Mayor Ras Baraka that celebrates…
Newark students started school today in an atmosphere that appears to be a marked contrast to the agitation and unrest…
The Newark School Advisory Board, reports the Star-Ledger, has a reasonable request: the state Department of Education should turn around…
Jonathan Alter explains today why “liberals should learn to love charter schools.” His key example is New Orleans, where “over…
Last week Chris Stewart, native of New Orleans and graduate of the its public school system (“My NOLA education sucked.…
Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf has trimmed the city’s school budget deficit from $40 million to somewhere between $15 million to…
When I was an elementary school student in Queens, New York City, I attended my local public school, P.S. 115.…