charter schools

Education Law Center’s Field of Dreams

The Education Law Center (ELC), NJ’s preeminent defender of poor urban schoolchildren, has just issued another in its series of…

15 years ago

Lifeline for Trenton Central High?

In yesterday’s Trenton Times Drs. James Deneen and Carmen Catanese propose a three-part fix for Trenton Central High School, one…

15 years ago

We’re in receipt of a memo from NJEA,

dated yesterday, which itemizes its objections to new recommendations from Gov. Christie's transition subcomittees regarding pension and educational reforms. (Sorry:…

15 years ago

School Choice Comes to Jersey,

as long as you dwell in the shining city on a hill, otherwise known as Princeton. West Windsor-Plainsboro works too.…

15 years ago

Corzine and Christie on Ed Reform and RTTT

The near-simultaneous release of NJ’s Race To The Top application and The Education Subcommittee Report conveniently provides an opportunity to…

15 years ago

NJEA: Our Urban Schools Are Great

Interesting poll out from Quinnipiac University, and then either a lightening-fast response or a coincidentally-apropos column from the execs at…

15 years ago

Quotes of the Day

Critics have often charged that charter schools look better academically because they skim off the most talented students from neighboring…

15 years ago

How About an Interdistrict Teacher Choice Program?

The Senate Assembly Education Committee was told yesterday afternoon that we can improve our failing urban schools by pairing successful,…

15 years ago

What Preschool Can Teach Us About “Diverse Delivery Systems”

A new report our from the New America Foundation depicts New Jersey’s preschool initiatives as innovative and successful, particularly because…

15 years ago

Status Report on N.J.’s Charter Schools

Nelson Smith, President and CEO of D.C.’s National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, reviews N.J.’s progress on charter school expansion…

15 years ago