Today Camden Public Schools announced one school closure and collaborative agreements with three of the country’s best charter operators. J.G. Whittier School will close this
The new report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) is out from Stanford University and the results show that students who attend charter
One of the criticisms of charter schools is that they come into a neighborhood and supplant the traditional school, without serving as a ballast of
It starts here: Last week, the Paterson Charter School of Science and Technology held its annual enrollment lottery. There were 1,437 applicants for 99 openings,
Much of the analysis of the public education system in Newark feels unreliable; everyone, it seems, has an agenda. “New Jersey and local school officials
On Tuesday night in Camden, a standing room-only crowd of parents, grandparents, students and alumni of Camden Public Schools met with Mayor Dana Redd and
(Note: a modified version of this post appears at WHYY Newsworks.) On Tuesday evening, just before the start of the Camden City Public Schools board
According to a press release from Mastery Schools of Camden, this evening at 5:15, just prior to the city School Board meeting, over 50 families
Today’s Wall Street Journal features an fiery editorial by Eva Moskowitz, founder of the widely-acclaimed Success Academy Charter Schools, about the “big lie” that NYC
The Brookings Institute just released its 2014 Education Choice and Competition Index and one of the star players is Newark Public Schools. The premise of