Yesterday the New Jersey Department of Education announced the results of the most recent round of charter school authorizations. Three new charter schools were approved
(This is a guest post from Dirk Tillotson, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Great Schools Choices which supports community-based charter school development and
Well, it’s a hard slog, but today the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board gives such reconciliation a shot. No dice. Here’s part of the discussion,
One of the constant complaints from the anti-charter cadre is that independent schools decimate neighborhood schools, which sometimes serve as community centers. For example, here
Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon has an editorial in today’s NJ Spotlight where he argues that New Jersey taxpayers should “take a close look at
On Friday afternoon Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared in a closed City Council meeting (YouTube video here) and told city leaders that students who attend
Save Our Schools-NJ posts today that “there is mad rush by charter schools across NJ to grab more market share & tax dollars from local public
I’ve followed discourse about Newark’s public education system for years and, suddenly, there’s a shift. While education politics and policy is typically overheated in New
Wydeyah Hay, alumna of KIPP New Jersey’s TEAM Academy: While some of the things I’ve read have said that reform has failed in Newark, or
Today at The74, Richard Whitmire addresses the $100 million Newark Facebook grant and whether the money should have all been spent expanding charter schools. While