Camden Public Schools

Camden Superintendent Will Close Three Schools, Not Four, Despite Teachers Union Tactics

Last month we asked whether Camden Education Association president Keith Benson had the New Jersey Department of Education in his…

4 years ago

Opinion: In Camden, Better Services for Our Children Matter More Than School Closures

Shirley Irizarry is the Executive Director of Parents for Great Camden Schools. This was first published on TapintoCamden. In my…

4 years ago

OPINION: Superintendent Deserves Support for Necessary School Closures

This is an op-ed by Janellen Duffy, a senior adviser to JerseyCAN: The New Jersey Campaign for Achievement Now. She…

4 years ago

Fact-Checking a Skewed Take on Camden School Closures

WHYY  has a “news” story on pending closures of traditional schools in Camden City due to declining enrollment. Certainly it’s…

4 years ago

Camden Student Learning Falters as Problems Mount and Enrollment Shrinks

That’s a disaster. This school district is now run by the state of New Jersey, what are we doing about…

4 years ago

New Report: Camden Public Charter Schools Get $16k Less per Pupil Than Traditional Camden Schools

There's a new report out from the University of Arkansas' Department of Education Reform that examines funding inequities in 18…

4 years ago

Camden School Board Election Results: Families Win!

With this year's toxic presidential election, it was easy to forget that other important local races were in progress. Here's…

4 years ago

Camden Public Schools Get a Reopening Lift from Camden Education Fund

As New Jersey schools make plans to reopen in September, Camden is getting some extra help from the Camden Education…

4 years ago

Will This Pandemic Force Us To Boldly Address the Inequities in Our Schools?

I live right off Route 206, a mostly two-lane road that begins in the Pinelands of southern New Jersey, winds…

5 years ago

Camden Councilwoman: “I Believe in the Transformation that is Taking Place in the City of my Birth,” Including Five Straight Years of Academic Improvement in Camden Schools.

This is a guest post by Felisha Reyes Morton who is a Camden Councilwoman (and first Latina to represent the…

5 years ago