charter schools

Brandeis: “Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant”

I’m taking a bit of heat in the comments section for my post yesterday (see below) regarding an essential difference…

13 years ago

The Role of Unions In NJ’s Charter School Wars

In the midst of New Jersey's preoccupation with charter schools last week (as well as my own: see here and…

13 years ago

NJ’s Charter School Politics

When is a bill not just a bill?When it’s A 3582, which directs that the NJ Education Commissioner “shall not…

13 years ago

NJ Charter School Feast

Amidst all the will-he-or-won’t-he Christie fog on the Jersey windshield, it’s been easy to miss this week’s stream of articles…

13 years ago

NJ Charter School Aperitif

One tiny piece of charter legislation passed the Senate yesterday: Bill S1858, which allows parochial schools to convert to public…

13 years ago

Quote of the Day

On prospects for passage in the NJ Legislature for bills on tenure reform, merit pay, and multiple authorizers for charter…

13 years ago

Kean Poll: Mergers, Merit Pay, Accountability

Kean University has a new poll out that shows that, based on responses of 1,000 residents, 70% of New Jerseyans…

13 years ago

How Fragile is Public Education in NJ?

Rev. Reginald Jackson’s rebuttal to Gordon MacInnes has now been posted at NJ Spotlight. To recap, Mr. MacInnes begins his…

13 years ago

In School Choice, Choosing Between the System and the Student

Last week Gordon MacInnes wrote an editorial for NJ Spotlight that vaunts NJ’s public school system as the best in…

13 years ago

RTTT Yahrzeit and Charter School Conversions

NJ Spotlight notes the one-year anniversary of Chris Christie’s firing of then-Ed Commissioner Bret Schundler because of a (minor) screw-up…

13 years ago