Newark

Twenty Years of State Control in Newark

Today’s NJ Advance Media article (i.e., Star-Ledger)  notes this July marks the 20th anniversary of state control of Newark.  Over…

10 years ago

QOD; Chris Cerf on Newark’s Education Politics

From today's NJ Spotlight:Chris Cerf, Christie’s former education commissioner and arguably the chief architect of his reform approach, says great…

10 years ago

QOD: NJEA Spokesman on Why N.J. PARCC Opt-outs Skew White and Privileged

"The vast majority of opt-outs are taking place in non-urban, non-disadvantaged districts,” agrees [NJEA Spokesman Steve] Wollmer, “because parents tend…

10 years ago

Newark Charter School Students Show “Dramatic” Learning Gains, says CREDO

The new  report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) is out from Stanford University and the results show…

10 years ago

Lessons from the Field: How Charter Schools Can Become Neighborhood Schools

One of the criticisms of charter schools is that they come into a neighborhood and supplant the traditional school, without…

10 years ago

Finally, Some Unbiased Educational Statistics on Newark Public Schools

Much of the analysis of the public education system in Newark feels unreliable;  everyone, it seems, has an agenda. “New…

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago