Big Happenings in Camden This Evening
Laura Waters
February 24, 2015
According to a press release from Mastery Schools of Camden, this evening at 5:15, just prior to the city School Board meeting, over 50 families
What the Heck is Going on in Newark?
Laura Waters
February 20, 2015
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
New Newsworks Post: Message to Anti-Testing Folks: It’s Time to Listen to Kids
Laura Waters
February 20, 2015
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
Newark Students “Occupy” Cami Anderson’s Office
Laura Waters
February 18, 2015
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
Courier Post Editorial Post Corrects the Record
Laura Waters
February 13, 2015
Yesterday WHYY Newsworks ran my column which responded to a badly-flawed Courier-Post piece, “Graduation Loophole Common in Camden” on Camden Public Schools’ use of “appeals,”
Trenton Public Schools Will Lay Off Forty-Seven Child Study Team Members
Laura Waters
February 12, 2015
Trenton Public Schools announced this week that it will lay off 113 teaching positions in order to try to close a $19 million budget gap..
New Newsworks Post: Contrary to Recent Reports, Camden Isn’t Using a “Graduation Loophole”
Laura Waters
February 12, 2015
It starts here: On Monday the Courier-Post asserted that Camden Public Schools conceals an “eye-popping” and “unique” percentage of high school seniors who graduate through
Camden Update: “Our Students Have the Potential to Change the World”
Laura Waters
February 6, 2015
I graduated from Camden schools, and the quality of the education my children were getting has been far below what I received. I’m glad that
Brookings: “One Newark” Open Enrollment System Makes N.P.S. A “Standout” in Education Choice
Laura Waters
February 4, 2015
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
A Newark Mother of Ten Children Explains Why Her Children Need Charter Schools
Laura Waters
February 2, 2015
Shayvonne Anderson , a Newark mother of ten children who range in age from five to eighteen, explains in the Star-Ledger today why she sends