Newark

Why Is NJ’s Teachers’ Union Sitting out The Senate Race?

Answer? Read my new column at WHYY's Newsworks:With less than four weeks until New Jersey's primary election for U.S. Senate,…

11 years ago

Newark Teacher Union’s Opposition Party: Link to “Manifesto”

For a glimpse into Newark’s educational politics,  Newark Teacher Union President Joseph Del Grosso barely squeaked out a victory in…

11 years ago

What Happens to Newark’s Schools if Mayor Booker Becomes Senator Booker?

Yesterday's Trentonian has an A.P. piece that considers the  impact on Newark Public Schools (and Newark in general) if Cory…

11 years ago

Newark Superintendent Proposes New Policy to Fight Perception That Charters “Cream Off” Top Students

Today’s Wall St. Journal reports on a new system in Newark that intends to “shut down that argument” that charter…

11 years ago

Amidst All the (Well-Deserved) Encomia for Sen. Frank Lautenberg,

Tom Moran at the Star-Ledger has a slightly different take:And now, as great a warrior as  [Sen. Lautenberg] has been…

11 years ago

Newark’s Superintendent Cami Anderson “Responds” to her Board’s No-Confidence Vote

Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson has an editorial in today’s Star-Ledger that provides a response to this week’s “no-confidence vote” from…

12 years ago

Inequities in Charter School Funding

EdWeek reports today that, according to a a new study, charter schools in Newark receive $15,973 per pupil, $10,000 less…

12 years ago

Letter of the Day

From Joseph Del Grosso, President of the Newark Teachers Union: Dear Senator Rice and Assemblywoman Wagner: I am writing to you…

12 years ago

Newark Parent Group v. Camden Parent Group

One more thought on the Newark civil rights complaint (see below): the parent group in Newark argues that the NJ…

12 years ago

When are School Closures a Civil Rights Violation?

NJ Spotlight has been covering (here and here)  the activities of a group of Newark parents who filed a civil…

12 years ago