charter schools

Statistic of the Day: Newark Families’ Top Choices Are Charter Schools

Newark Public Schools released data this week on parent preferences among the district's seventy-two traditional and charter schools. The One…

10 years ago

Newark Families’ First Choice: Charter Schools

Today’s NJ Spotlight reports on the second year of One Newark’s universal enrollment system, whereby parents get to rank their…

10 years ago

Irony of the Day: Education Law Center FIghts Camden Parents’ Rights to Educational Equity

To no one’s surprise, Education Law Center is threatening legal action against the expansion of  renaissance schools in Camden, a…

10 years ago

New Newsworks column: Can Camden’s Renaissance Schools Challenge Anti-Charter Rhetoric?

It starts here:There’s been lots of chatter during the last few months from those who resent the expansion of school…

10 years ago

Parents Across America and Fairtest Fight ESEA/NCLB Commitment to Annual Standardized Tests

Today is Parents Across America and Fairtest’s “National Day of Action,” which is devoted to lobbying U.S. senators to eliminate…

10 years ago

A Few Facts about Camden Public Schools’ Transformation

There was lots of bloggy, tweety chatter yesterday about one of Camden Public Schools' five community outreach meetings last week,…

10 years ago

Mila Jasey’s Charter Conversion

Speaking of the bill proposed by N.J. Assembly members Patrick Diegnan and Mila Jasey that would place a three-year moratorium…

10 years ago

Diegnan/Jasey Charter Moratorium Bill Will Hurt Thousands of Needy Students

Score another one for Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan: not only does he want to undermine the state’s ability to gauge academic…

10 years ago

QOD: How much does N.J. spend per child per year?

From today's NJ Spotlight column:Statewide, New Jersey’s public schools are creeping ever closer to the $20,000 mark, with an average…

10 years ago

QOD: NJEA Spokesman on Why N.J. PARCC Opt-outs Skew White and Privileged

"The vast majority of opt-outs are taking place in non-urban, non-disadvantaged districts,” agrees [NJEA Spokesman Steve] Wollmer, “because parents tend…

10 years ago