Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
February 1, 2011
Timothy Nogueira, founder of the New Jersey Virtual Charter School, tells NJ Spotlight how he plans to adhere to charter school regulations that require a
ELC Joins the Education Reform Movement?
Laura Waters
February 1, 2011
David Sciarra, Executive Director of Education Law Center, has just put out an“educational blueprint for 2011 driven by the needs of our students.” Dismissing derogatory
Rethinking School Funding
Laura Waters
January 28, 2011
We’ll take it on faith that the reporter for this Trenton Times story didn’t write the headline – “School Districts Sitting on Millions.” The bucks
Charter Schools and Parent-Triggers
Laura Waters
January 27, 2011
At the Assembly Education Committee hearing on Monday, representatives of suburban school boards pleaded with legislators to deploy a mechanism within pending charter school laws
Do Charter Schools Serve a Purpose in Successful DIstricts?
Laura Waters
January 25, 2011
Anyone listening to the Assembly Education Committee’s four-hour hearing yesterday on the future of NJ’s charter school regulations would conclude this: that our legislators have
The Wrath of NJ’s Anti-Charter Movement
Laura Waters
January 19, 2011
“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.”Mr. Spock, “The Wrath of Khan.” Charter school news is making the rounds today in
Dueling Charter School Ledes
Laura Waters
January 18, 2011
Here’s the opening of today’s Star-Ledger story on performance in NJ’s charter schools: As Gov. Chris Christie prepares to announce new charter schools approved to
Primer on Christie’s Ed Reform Proposals
Laura Waters
January 14, 2011
Gov. Christie’s State of the State speech was widely praised as diplomatic if short on specifics regarding education reform. Here comes the specifics, gleaned from
Legislative Inertia and Charter Schools
Laura Waters
December 2, 2010
Here’s what’s missing in the Democratic Assembly pile-on regarding NJ’s loss of $14 million in Federal funding to help expand charter schools: the main reason
Trenton Children’s Zone?
Laura Waters
November 23, 2010
The Trenton Times reports that Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman escorted Trenton Acting Superintendent Raymond Broach, a Trenton principals and teacher, an NJEA rep, and various