Newark Public Schools released data this week on parent preferences among the district’s seventy-two traditional and charter schools. The One Newark universal enrollment allows parents
Today’s NJ Spotlight reports on the second year of One Newark’s universal enrollment system, whereby parents get to rank their school choices: As they were
To no one’s surprise, Education Law Center is threatening legal action against the expansion of renaissance schools in Camden, a type of charter/district hybrid school
It starts here: There’s been lots of chatter during the last few months from those who resent the expansion of school choice in Camden. For
Today is Parents Across America and Fairtest’s “National Day of Action,” which is devoted to lobbying U.S. senators to eliminate annual standardized testing in the
There was lots of bloggy, tweety chatter yesterday about one of Camden Public Schools’ five community outreach meetings last week, part of a district-wide community
Speaking of the bill proposed by N.J. Assembly members Patrick Diegnan and Mila Jasey that would place a three-year moratorium on all charter school approvals,
Score another one for Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan: not only does he want to undermine the state’s ability to gauge academic growth of needy students; now
From today’s NJ Spotlight column: Statewide, New Jersey’s public schools are creeping ever closer to the $20,000 mark, with an average in 2013-2014 of $19,211
“The vast majority of opt-outs are taking place in non-urban, non-disadvantaged districts,” agrees [NJEA Spokesman Steve] Wollmer, “because parents tend to be better informed in