CREDO, the Stanford-based Center for Research on Educational Outcomes, is releasing its first study of student outcomes in New Jersey charter schools. From the press
A common complaint about charter schools is that they tend to enroll fewer kids with disabilities than traditional public schools. A new study out on
Board President Kathryn Blackshear said Monday she hopes a vote on the Norcross proposal will take place, though she said that remains hard to predict
My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks is called “Camden’s Rejection of Private School Managers Highlights Bigger Debate Over Urban Education. Here’s the first part: Over
What to make of the debacle in Camden last week when the School Board there, considering four proposals to build new schools, declined to approve
My piece today at WHYY’s Newsworks looks at George Norcross’s plans to open a charter school “Renaissance district” in Camden under the auspices of the
Violent assaults, drug dealing, gang fights — sounds like a poorly run prison. But that’s what kids in Camden have to contend with, when they
Last week, on my blog at WHYY’s Newsworks, I responded to Dr. Diane Ravitch’s rebuttal to NJ Ed. Comm. Cerf’s editorial on charter schools at
On Tuesday, NJ Ed. Comm. Chris Cerf wrote on editorial on charter schools in NJ Spotlight. That afternoon, Dr. Diane Ravitch wrote a rebuttal called
In today’s NJ Spotlight, Ed. Comm. Chris Cerf tries to corral the anti-charter school sentiment in NJ, much of it propagated by proponents of the