Amy Ruck Kagan, formerly head of the New Jersey Department of Education Charter School Office,is vice president of Authorizer Engagement & Advancement at the National
Randolph school board member Jeanne Stifelman is once again in the news but this time it has nothing to do with community outrage at changing
In early February 2022, Gov. Murphy’s Department of Education abruptly denied the long-planned expansion of two high-performing public charter schools in Trenton, NJ. In this
Gov. Phil Murphy doesn’t understand why urban charter school parents are furious with him. Multiple outlets, from The Star-Ledger to the Washington Post (yours truly
In America, we’ve promised that hard work and ambition will be met with equality of opportunity, but the reality is that we have a quiet
Yesterday the Murphy Administration released new guidelines for mask-wearing in schools as the mask mandate is lifted on March 7th. Some schools have already lifted
Back in 2010 during the Christie Administration, the New Jersey State Legislature passed a bill that capped sick day retirement-payouts to $15,000 for public employees
In response to the recent expansion denials of top performing public charter schools, including one of the best charter schools in the nation, parents, students
Today, Mastery Schools of Camden announced its high school, the Mastery High School of Camden, has launched an innovative Career Pathways program funded by a
When Paul Robeson Charter School in Trenton received word that the Murphy Administration was rejecting its proposal to expand to serve students in grades K-2,