On Monday night the Newark School Advisory Board held its monthly meeting, with an added feature of a Newark Teachers Union “walk-in” to protest charter
Last night about 200 opponents to school choice attended/disrupted the Newark School Advisory Board meeting. Here’s coverage from the Star-Ledger and NJ Spotlight. The outcry
Critics of charter schools often claim that the reason for some of these independent schools’ superior student growth results from “skimming,” or admitting higher-achieving kids
Here’s Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s response yesterday to the announcement that KIPP NJ, wildly popular with parents, will add five schools and over 5,000 seats:
Emmanuel Felton at Hechinger reports on the the resignation of Chris Barbic from his position of superintendent of Tennessee’s Achievement School District, the state-run district
Jackie Moreno, a Camden mom of six children who attend the city’s public schools, both renaissance (hybrid charter/traditional) and district, explains “why I am grateful
Here’s Newark School Advisory Board member Rashon Hasan after hearing the announcement on Wednesday that KIPP charter schools had filed an application with the state
It’s no secret that teacher unions look askance at charter school expansion. There are several reasons for the backlash against alternative public schools. Some labor
Andrew Martin, former teacher and current director of special projects at KIPPNJ, drills down on student achievement data in Newark. He’s honest about former superintendent
Imani Thornton, a graduate of Chicago’s Southland College Prep charter school and a student at Princeton University, has a few words of advice this morning