Today’s NJ Advance Media article (i.e., Star-Ledger) notes this July marks the 20th anniversary of state control of Newark. Over the last two decades, the
From today’s NJ Spotlight: Chris Cerf, Christie’s former education commissioner and arguably the chief architect of his reform approach, says great things are happening in
“The vast majority of opt-outs are taking place in non-urban, non-disadvantaged districts,” agrees [NJEA Spokesman Steve] Wollmer, “because parents tend to be better informed in
The new report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) is out from Stanford University and the results show that students who attend charter
One of the criticisms of charter schools is that they come into a neighborhood and supplant the traditional school, without serving as a ballast of
Much of the analysis of the public education system in Newark feels unreliable; everyone, it seems, has an agenda. “New Jersey and local school officials
I’m trying to figure it out too. We know that eight students, members of the Newark Students Union, have been camped out at Newark Public
It starts here: Last Friday in Newark Public Schools, 3,500 students in fifty-six buildings participated in a PARCC simulation, a forty-five minute dress rehearsal for
At this moment a small group of Newark Public School students have been “occupying” the district’s central office on Cedar Street since about 8:30 last
The Brookings Institute just released its 2014 Education Choice and Competition Index and one of the star players is Newark Public Schools. The premise of