Camden

Response: The Real Story in Camden, N.J.

On Sunday Education Week published an editorial by Julia Sass Rubin (cross-posted at Blue Jersey) on Camden Public Schools and…

10 years ago

New Newsworks post: How Can Camden Avoid Newark’s Anti-Ed Reform Backlash?

This actually went up Friday but I've been offline for a few days.  It starts here:If Newark Public Schools is…

10 years ago

QOD: David Kirp on Camden’s Charter School Expansion

Today's Philadelphia Inquirer features an editorial by Kevin Riordan that describes how, according to a school board member, "parents in…

10 years ago

How Necessary are Camden Public Schools’ Staff Lay-offs?

Camden Public Schools' Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard's office issued a press release today describing the logic behind the district's downsizing of…

10 years ago

Why We Need to Get Rid of LIFO

New Jersey clings to the student-unfriendly policy of laying off school staff in order of seniority regardless of classroom effectiveness.…

11 years ago

“Necessary Change” in Camden Public Schools

In today's Courier Post, Arthur Barclay, a graduate of Camden High School and a Camden City Council member, remarks on…

11 years ago

New Spotlight Column: Can’t Charters and Tradition Schools Just Get Along?

From today's NJ  Spotlight:NJ Spotlight just reported that next year one out of four Newark public school students will opt…

11 years ago

Q’sOD: Camden Superintendent Rouhanifard on Pending Staff Lay-Offs

Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard announced last night that the district would lay off 400 staff members in order to close…

11 years ago

What Newark Can Learn From Camden

Here's the first part of my column today at Newsworks WHYY:  Everyone's talking about the political upheaval in Newark as…

11 years ago

New WHYY Post: Is Mastery Charter Schools’ Camden Move Good for Kids?

Here's the beginning:  "All is flux, nothing stays still," said Plato, but you'd never know that in Camden. It's still…

11 years ago