charter schools

Let’s See…North Star or Newark Central…

Everyone’s abuzz over Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s donation of $100 million to Newark Public Schools on the condition that the…

14 years ago

Number of Kids on Waiting Lists for Newark Charter Schools

From NJ DOE 2008-2009 Data:Team Academy Charter School: 1,800North Star Academy Charter School: 1,775Lady Liberty Charter School: 273Robert Treat Academy:…

14 years ago

Charter News

Five Democrats are sponsoring legislation that would give Rutgers University the authority to approve new charter schools. Right now only…

14 years ago

Are Charters the Answer to NJ After 3?

There’s another one of those heart-breaking articles about impoverished school children getting shafted by state budget cuts. This one’s (in…

14 years ago

The Charter School That Schundler Built

John Mooney at NJ Spotlight profiles the charter school that NJ Education Commissioenr Bret Schundler started, the Golden Door in…

15 years ago

Our F-Word Schools

The educational bureaucracy cannot bring itself to say the F-word — ‘failing.’So let me say it. These schools are failing…

15 years ago

NJ’s Charter School Charade

Amidst the ruckus surrounding Gov. Christie’s $819 million cut in state aid to public schools we’re detecting a spike of…

15 years ago

Charter School Oppositional-Defiant Disorder

We’re sensing an energetic focus in the media on problems endemic to teacher tenure. From today’s New York Times:[I]n the…

15 years ago

Thursday Tautology

Scholastic’s Administrator Magazine includes four views on whether states should raise charter school caps. One administrator queried is Bernard Pierorazio,…

15 years ago

New Jersey’s “Private Public Schools”

Today's New York Times features a report just out from the Fordham Institute that surveys public schools that serve no…

15 years ago