It starts here: Ras Baraka hasn’t just cooled the campaign rhetoric, he’s proven that he knows the value of eclectic and diversified approaches to a
The Star-Ledger asks, “where did that $200 million to Newark Public Schools go?” The biggest chunk, 44.6%, went to labor and contract costs: “$48.3 million
Bellwether has just issued a “briefing book” called “The State of the Charter School Movement” which “reviews the current state of play of the charter
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
So, how’s it going at Camden Public Schools, where three new renaissance schools – hybrid district/charter schools run by non-profit operators KIPP, Mastery, and Uncommon
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