Bruce Baker. Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers and blogger at SchoolFinance101, looks at performance in 4th and 8th grade math
There’s a must-read study out from Advocates For Children From New Jersey called “Newark Kids Count 2010: A City Profile of Child Well-Being.” The report
Bob Braun’s Star-Ledger column – “N.J. Activists, Parents Warn Against Promoting Charter Schools as Fix for Education System” is a bit of a cipher. Public
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board worries today that the recent surge in applications for new charter schools – a record 51 at last count — will
Bob Braun of the Star-Ledger has drunk the kool-aid. Here’s his favorite take on Michelle Rhee’s resignation and the news that Harlem Children’s Zone, the
Let’s start with something we can all agree with: some of NJ’s public schools are great and some stink. The worst schools are usually in
Education Law Center announced last week that it would sue both Mayor Cory Booker and Governor Chris Christie if either makes a decision regarding the
Lady Liberty Academy Charter School in Newark, a K-8 school with 456 kids (273 are on the waiting list), is the subject of a 4-page
Bob Braun of the Star-Ledger is currently in high dudgeon over criticisms of NJ’s poor urban school districts, taking umbrage at “Newark bashing” by Gov.
How many in Newark know that our principal contracts only call for 29 [work] hours per week?We’re going to have a massive community organizing effort