Trenton

Trenton Mayor Tony Mack Replaces School Board Member with his Nephew and Campaign Treasurer

Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, under investigation by the FBI for extortion  as well as other offenses, has replaced a member…

11 years ago

Is It Time For Trenton to Have some Urban Hope?

Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) is making headlines with his comment that “I know if Gov. Christie took 10 minutes out…

11 years ago

Trenton Hostage Follow-Up

On Monday I asked whether the horrible hostage situation in Trenton last weekend (mother and son murdered; four children held…

12 years ago

Trenton Children Held Hostage: Whither the Schools?

By now everyone’s heard about the horrific story of the Trenton mother and her five children held hostage by the…

12 years ago

Trenton Special Ed Update: “Everything Must Change”

From today’s Trenton Times:Two weeks after a teacher’s aide complained that the school district’s Life Skills program did little more…

12 years ago

More on Trenton’s Special Education “Warehouse of Hopelessness”

The Times of Trenton Editorial Board  opines that Trenton Public Schools’ in-district special education classes are “more like a 19th…

12 years ago

Trenton’s “Forgotten Bunch”: Special Education In-District Students

Yesterday’s Trenton Times featured an article on Trenton Public Schools’ Life Skills program, which, in addition to continuing required adapted…

12 years ago

Trenton Mayor Deposes School Board President

Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, winner of the Star-Ledger’s Knucklehead of the Year Award, is canning the president of the school…

12 years ago

Paging Applicants for Trenton Charter Schools

The Star-Ledger Editorial Board has a sharply-edged rebuke to the Christie Administration’s failure to rebuild crumbling schools in cities like…

12 years ago

What’s the Impact of Drop-Out Rates on High School Proficiency Scores?

Today’s Trenton Times reports on a recent Trenton School Board meeting at which board members puzzled over seemingly conflicting test…

12 years ago