charter schools

QOD: The Irony of the Civil Rights Complaint against Newark Public Schools

The Star Ledger Editorial Board on the "bogus" civil rights complaint filed against Newark Public Schools alleging racial discrimination:Where was…

10 years ago

Newark’s Misdirected Civil Rights Complaint

Both NJ Spotlight and the Star-Ledger have stories today on the federal investigation of a civil rights complaint filed by…

10 years ago

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

Charter Schools Are Most Popular Choice Among Parents and Schoolchildren in Newark

Leslie Brody, former education reporter for The Record and currently writing at the  Wall Street Journal, reports on the growing…

10 years ago

Update on N.J. Senate Bill to Delay PARCC Testing

Yesterday NJ Spotlight published my column about the politics behind Senate bill 2154, which would establish an "Education Task Force"…

10 years ago

Erratum

The Philadelphia Inquirer has this to say about "the insidious proliferation of charter schools" in New Jersey and Pennsylvania:Both New…

10 years ago

“What’s a Charter School?”

In this month's issue of New Jersey Family, I look at the basics:Time for a pop quiz. Charter schools are:…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Post: Why School Boards Shouldn’t Have a Say in Charter School Authorization

It starts here: Last week Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D-Camden) released a bill that updates New Jersey's 20-year-old charter school law.…

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…

11 years ago

CEO of Newark Charter School Fund: 71% of Newark Residents Approve of Charter Expansion

Mashea Ashton discusses the "core principles" that Newark families embrace, including  Mayor-Elect Ras Baraka:Baraka met with leaders in the charter…

11 years ago