charter schools

CREDO Releases Charter School Reports

CREDO, the Stanford-based Center for Research on Educational Outcomes, is releasing its first study of student outcomes in New Jersey…

12 years ago

Do Charter Schools Under-Enroll Special Needs Kids?

 A common complaint about charter schools is that they tend to enroll fewer kids with disabilities than traditional public schools.…

12 years ago

Can the Camden School Board Find its Inner Education Advocate?

Board President Kathryn Blackshear said Monday she hopes a vote on the Norcross proposal will take place, though she said…

12 years ago

Camden School Board Rejects Charters: How do Education Advocates Balance Competing Needs?

My post today at WHYY's Newsworks is called "Camden's Rejection of Private School Managers Highlights Bigger Debate Over Urban Education.…

12 years ago

What’s Going on in Camden?

What to make of the debacle in Camden last week when the School Board there, considering four proposals to build…

12 years ago

Camden’s New Charter School District: Cause for Celebration or Litigation?

My piece today at WHYY's Newsworks looks at George Norcross's plans to open a charter school "Renaissance district" in Camden…

12 years ago

Camden’s Proposed KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy

Violent assaults, drug dealing, gang fights — sounds like a poorly run prison. But that’s what kids in Camden have…

12 years ago

Why Do NJ Charter Schools Excite So Much Animosity?

Last week, on my blog at WHYY's Newsworks, I responded to Dr. Diane Ravitch's rebuttal to NJ Ed. Comm. Cerf's…

12 years ago

What Diane Ravitch Needs to Know About NJ’s Charter Schools

On Tuesday, NJ Ed. Comm. Chris Cerf wrote on editorial on charter schools in NJ Spotlight. That afternoon, Dr. Diane…

12 years ago

Cerf Takes on Charter Opponents

In today’s NJ Spotlight, Ed. Comm. Chris Cerf tries to corral the anti-charter school sentiment in NJ, much of it…

12 years ago