charter schools

Clinton Insults Minority Voters by Refusing to Discuss Education

As a life-long Democrat, I’m so disappointed in my current presidential candidates, each of whom declined an invitation from Campbell…

10 years ago

New Mathematica Study on KIPP Charter Schools as They Scale Up; FYI, They Don’t “Cream Off” Top Students

Skeptics of KIPP argue that these schools rely on selective admission, attrition, and replacement of students to produce positive achievement…

10 years ago

Camden Parents to Anti-Reform Lobbyists: Your Concerns are “Just Noise”

Both NJ Spotlight and the A.P. report today on the ribbon-cutting at Camden’s KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy, the first public…

10 years ago

QOD: A Parent of Children with Special Needs Rebuts Farina and de Blasio’s Claims about Charter Selectivity

A Bronx parent of three kids with special needs buy actos online buy actos online no prescription rebuts NYC Schools…

10 years ago

Bellwether “Briefing Book”: By 2035, Charter Schools will Educate 20-40% of all American Public School Students

Bellwether has just issued a “briefing book” called “The State of the Charter School Movement” which “reviews the current state…

10 years ago

QOD: What’s the Impact of Charter Schools on Newark Traditional Schools?

Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger runs the numbers:Let's start with the kids. At last count, 26 percent of Newark students…

10 years ago

Camden Update: Parents are Thrilled By Renaissance Schools; Anti-Choice Lobbies Threaten Action

So, how’s it going at Camden Public Schools, where three new renaissance schools – hybrid district/charter schools run by non-profit…

10 years ago

Magnet Schools in New Jersey: Applauded Yet Segregated

Speaking of school choice, some parents in New Jersey can bypass their neighborhood school by enrolling their children in one…

10 years ago

QOD: “How NOLA Proved Urban Education Reform Can Work”

Jonathan Chait in New York Magazine considers the impact of school reform in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina, “a disaster that…

10 years ago

Deconstructing the “Narrative” of Newark Public Schools

There’s a new kind of fairy tale in the annals of those who denigrate efforts at education reform. It goes…

10 years ago