charter schools

N.J.’s Top Ten High Schools: 7 Magnets, 2 Traditional, 1 Charter

U.S. News and World Report issued their high school rankings this week and, as usual, most of New Jersey’s top…

10 years ago

Taking Pot Shots at N.J.’s Charter School Students

"The charter school law needs to be rewritten in a thoughtful, comprehensive way. It's been more than 20 years since…

10 years ago

Jersey City Charter School Teacher: I’m an “equal partner” and “empowered by school leadership”

Jomayra I. Torres, a first grade teacher at a Jersey City charter school and mother of a charter school student,…

10 years ago

Great News! Newark City Council Opposes Diegnan/Jasey Charter Moratorium Bill

Yesterday the Newark City Council, duly-elected representatives of Newark residents, passed a resolution that opposes Assembly bill 4351, sponsored by…

10 years ago

The Chutzpah of the Rutgers Anti-Charter Trio: “We’ll Tell You What’s Right for Your Kid”

On Saturday the Star-Ledger published a lengthy editorial-cum-analysis on the pushback in New Jersey against high-performing charter schools, specifically KIPP…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Column: Christie’s Toast But He Can Still Advance Education Initiatives

Let’s make it official: Chris Christie is toast. As our defamed and diminished governor lurches back towards Jersey, his only…

10 years ago

QOD: A Newark Mother Decries N.J.’s Charter Moratorium Bill

Newark mother Melissa Grant (she’s also CEO of a non-profit that provides transitional housing for homeless women) expresses her dismay…

10 years ago

NJEA Goes Off the Rails: PARCC, Pensions, and Camden School Choice

NJEA is on a roll. Just over the couple of months New Jersey’s primary teacher union leaders have mounted a…

10 years ago

Statistic of the Day

While Jersey City spends $17,000 per student overall, the public school district gives their city’s charter schools only about $8,000…

10 years ago

QOD: A Former Newark Public Schools Student to Assembly: Pull the Charter Moratorium Bill

Ron Rice Jr., a former Newark Public Schools student,  Newark city councilman, and current senior director of government relations at…

10 years ago