Camden

Just Out: Camden Public Schools Releases Second Phase of Strategic Plan

Camden Public Schools has just released the second phase of its strategic plan called “All Schools Rise,” which was created…

9 years ago

Fact-Checking Education Law Center

Education Law Center is back on the charter-hating trail again as it determinedly battles impoverished parents in long-failing districts who…

9 years ago

QOD: Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard on Why He Agreed to Speak at NJSCERA Conference

I spent Tuesday in Camden at the NJSCERA conference on "The Future of the Camden School System." (Here's coverage from…

9 years ago

Camden Parents to Anti-Reform Lobbyists: Your Concerns are “Just Noise”

Both NJ Spotlight and the A.P. report today on the ribbon-cutting at Camden’s KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy, the first public…

9 years ago

New Camden Initiative: Simplifying School Enrollment for Parents

Camden Public Schools just announced that Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard is launching a “neighborhood-by-neighborhood listening tour to focus on the challenges…

9 years ago

Camden Update: Parents are Thrilled By Renaissance Schools; Anti-Choice Lobbies Threaten Action

So, how’s it going at Camden Public Schools, where three new renaissance schools – hybrid district/charter schools run by non-profit…

9 years ago

Some (Unsolicited) Advice to NEA and AFT Leaders

Last week Chris Stewart, native of New Orleans and graduate of the its public school system (“My NOLA education sucked.…

9 years ago

Camden City Public Schools Releases Data from Community Survey; Residents Cite Progress

The Camden City School District just announced the conclusion of a one-month community engagement campaign which gathered feedback on the…

9 years ago

Deconstructing the “Narrative” of Newark Public Schools

There’s a new kind of fairy tale in the annals of those who denigrate efforts at education reform. It goes…

9 years ago

Camden Charter School Alum and Current Law School Student Decries Charter School Moratorium Bill

Rob Ransom, a graduate of LEAP Academy University Charter School in Camden and currently a third year student at the…

9 years ago