charter schools

Charters vs. Non-Charters in Newark

Bruce Baker. Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers and blogger at SchoolFinance101, looks at performance in…

14 years ago

The Star-Ledger Drinks the Anti-Charter School Koolaid

There’s a must-read study out from Advocates For Children From New Jersey called “Newark Kids Count 2010: A City Profile…

14 years ago

Reactionary “Activists”

Bob Braun’s Star-Ledger column – “N.J. Activists, Parents Warn Against Promoting Charter Schools as Fix for Education System” is a…

14 years ago

Logical Corollary

The Star-Ledger Editorial Board worries today that the recent surge in applications for new charter schools – a record 51…

14 years ago

Don’t Superman and Wonder Woman Win at the End?

Bob Braun of the Star-Ledger has drunk the kool-aid. Here’s his favorite take on Michelle Rhee’s resignation and the news…

14 years ago

Redefining School Reform

Let’s start with something we can all agree with: some of NJ’s public schools are great and some stink. The…

14 years ago

How ELC is Like the NRA (Hold Your Fire!)

Education Law Center announced last week that it would sue both Mayor Cory Booker and Governor Chris Christie if either…

14 years ago

Charter, Shmarter

Lady Liberty Academy Charter School in Newark, a K-8 school with 456 kids (273 are on the waiting list), is…

14 years ago

Braun Gets It Wrong

Bob Braun of the Star-Ledger is currently in high dudgeon over criticisms of NJ’s poor urban school districts, taking umbrage…

14 years ago

Quote of the Day

How many in Newark know that our principal contracts only call for 29 [work] hours per week?We’re going to have…

14 years ago