Newark

Cami Anderson’s Proposal to Use Teacher Quality as the Basis for Lay-offs of 1,000 Newark Teachers

As you all no doubt know by now, Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson has submitted a waiver to the NJ Department…

11 years ago

Newark Mayoral Candidates Square off on Education Reform

PolitickerNJ has been all over the increasingly contentious Newark mayoral contest, which it describes as a “proxy for a potential…

11 years ago

School Reform Contretemps Defines Newark Mayoral Race

If you question whether school reform is the linchpin of the Newark mayoral race, read today's today’s PolitickerNJ. According to…

11 years ago

Newark Sup. Cami Anderson Speaks Out

in an essay in the Huffington Post entitled "Poverty, Politics, Racism, and School Reform":Newark's inconvenient truth: Our poorest neighborhoods, disproportionately…

11 years ago

Is NJ’s Education Reform Efforts Damaged by Christiegate or Not?

Yesterday in NJ Spotlight I said "yes," especially in Newark, given the recent dings to Cami Anderson's leadership and the…

11 years ago

New WHYY Post: Why Is Camden’s Turn-Around Plan Getting A Better Reception Than Newark’s?

From my column today at WHYY Newsworks: This is not Jersey's best week. Revelations from Bridgegate, along with the peculiar…

11 years ago

Reaction to Christie’s Proposal for Longer School Days and Years

How much airtime did Gov. Christie devote to  education in his State of the State speech yesterday afternoon? The whole…

11 years ago

How Will Newark’s “Universal Enrollment” Plan Work for Charter and Traditional Schools?

Mashea Aston, CEO of the Newark Public School Fund, explains the district’s new system of  universal enrollment among charter schools…

11 years ago

Newark School Closures: A Community Assault or a Community-Minded Response to Educational Needs?

There’s lots of chatter about Newark Superintendent  Cami Anderson’s plan to close some of the city schools, although none more…

11 years ago

Think Camden’s High School Students are Underprepared for College? Look at Newark’s Weequahic

Lots of news this week about Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson’s plan, entitled One Newark Portfolio Plan,  to reorganize the city’s…

11 years ago