charter schools

Newark Advisory Board Votes for Adults, Not Children

Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson has overruled the district Advisory Board and now some of the city’s most successful charter schools…

12 years ago

“Suburbia” Comes Out Against Charter School Amendments

About three dozen opponents to New Jersey’s proposed charter school amendments showed up at the State Board of Education meeting…

12 years ago

Connecticut Copycats NJ Charter School Law

Adam Emerson over at Fordham’s Education Gadfly analyzes a new charter school bill proposed in the Connecticut Legislature that would…

13 years ago

That’s One Expensive Charter School

Today’s Trenton Times reports on a long-proposed charter for a Mandarin-immersion school, Princeton International Academy Charter School. PIACS's application sparked…

13 years ago

Louisiana Gets It Done

Today’s Wall St. Journal lauds Louisiana’s new school choice laws, which:1) Give each low-income parent a voucher worth an average…

13 years ago

Christie on LIFO and Referenda on Charter Schools

From a Q & A with Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger:Q. On the tenure reform bill, the Democrats are talking…

13 years ago

When is a Compromise Become a Cop-Out? (Think LIFO)

Yesterday’s Star-Ledger editorial defined the essential problem with back-room negotiations regarding Sen. Teresa Ruiz’s tenure reform bill: while the earlier…

13 years ago

Prognosis on Charter School Bill Requiring Local Referendum

John Mooney at NJ Spotlight gives a prognosis on the prospects of A-1877 proceeding to Senate approval after the Assembly…

13 years ago

Quote of the Day

NJ Democratic Assemblyman Gary Schaer in today's Record:I support public schools and have been a staunch advocate for increased funding…

13 years ago

CFR Report, i.e., Ed Reform Makes Strange Bedfellows

Both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal report today on a paper about to be issued by…

13 years ago