Today the New York Times, the Wall St. Journal, A.P., the Star-Ledger, and NJ Spotlight report on the alarming news that 30 school buildings in Newark
Just when it seemed like N.J.’s absentee governor Chris Christie couldn’t do any more damage to his brand, yesterday he managed to verify the perception
From the Associated Press: With new data in hand, the Education Department said Tuesday that disparities persist in the nation’s public schools, where oftentimes minority
One of the constant complaints from the anti-charter cadre is that independent schools decimate neighborhood schools, which sometimes serve as community centers. For example, here
Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon has an editorial in today’s NJ Spotlight where he argues that New Jersey taxpayers should “take a close look at
On Friday afternoon Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared in a closed City Council meeting (YouTube video here) and told city leaders that students who attend
I’ve followed discourse about Newark’s public education system for years and, suddenly, there’s a shift. While education politics and policy is typically overheated in New
Wydeyah Hay, alumna of KIPP New Jersey’s TEAM Academy: While some of the things I’ve read have said that reform has failed in Newark, or
Today at The74, Richard Whitmire addresses the $100 million Newark Facebook grant and whether the money should have all been spent expanding charter schools. While
Eric Dawson, a new blogger at The Newark Report (and host of the internet radio show Real Talk Radio) has managed in one short week