Cerf told the school board and members of the public at the meeting that he was “unalterably, authentically, and completely committed” to local control. He
Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger runs the numbers: Let’s start with the kids. At last count, 26 percent of Newark students attended charter schools, a
“My fellow [Newark Teachers Union] members: we are in a war; we are a labor union. We will act like a labor union at war;
Speaking of Newark, earlier this week the New York Times ran a front-page feature on Mayor Ras Baraka that celebrates him as a practical and
Newark students started school today in an atmosphere that appears to be a marked contrast to the agitation and unrest last year. The Record reports
The Newark School Advisory Board, reports the Star-Ledger, has a reasonable request: the state Department of Education should turn around district accountability evaluations, at least
Jonathan Alter explains today why “liberals should learn to love charter schools.” His key example is New Orleans, where “over the last decade, graduation rates
Last week Chris Stewart, native of New Orleans and graduate of the its public school system (“My NOLA education sucked. Badly.) blogged about how “a dedicated
Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf has trimmed the city’s school budget deficit from $40 million to somewhere between $15 million to $20 million, but not without
When I was an elementary school student in Queens, New York City, I attended my local public school, P.S. 115. (NYC schools are often numbered