charter schools

QOD: Andy Rotherham on the Future of Charter Schools

From today's U.S. News and World Report:Today, I see risks to charters from the right and the left. On the…

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When “Adult Agendas” Thwart Children’s Educational Access: N.J.’s Proposed Charter Moratorium

Nicole Cole, new president of the New Jersey Charter School Association, describes the political webbing behind Assemblywoman Mila Jasey’s charter…

10 years ago

Throw-Back Thursday: Bob Braun and Jonathan Alter Debate Education Reform

Last August New Jersey Monthly ran competing editorials by Bob Braun, former Star-Ledger editor and current ed reform-basher, and Jonathan…

10 years ago

N.J. Charter Schools Receive Less Money From Private Sources Than N.J.’s Traditional Schools

This just out on NJ Advance Media:Researchers at the University of Arkansas studied 15 states, including New Jersey, and found…

10 years ago

The “Hypocrisy” and Political Gamesmanship of Those who Support a Charter School Moratorium

Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-Essex and Morris) got a taste of urban families’ wrath on Tuesday morning when more than one…

10 years ago

Ass. Mila Jasey Ignores Parent Protest Against Her Charter Moratorium Bill

From today's PolitickerNJ:More than 100 people protested in front of the Maplewood office of state Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-27) on…

10 years ago

Hoboken Dual-Language Charter School Wins Fight Against Local School District

"We got approval twice already. They are not likely to prevail," she said. "We hope that the Hoboken Board of…

10 years ago

Paging Gregor Mendel: Untangling Anti-Charter Rhetoric

The Hoboken Board of Education, writes attorney and charter school parent Paul Josephson in yesterday's Star Ledger, is using school…

10 years ago

A Fourth-Grader Takes on Jersey City’s Charter School Funding Inequities

Here’s Louis Correro, a fourth-grader at Ethical Community Charter School in Jersey City, in today’s NJ Spotlight piece on N.J.’s…

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New Newsworks column: Don’t Blame Charters For Trenton Public Schools’ Budget Woes

It starts here:Last Friday Janice Williams, Grievance Chair of the Trenton Education Association, did us all a favor and cut…

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