Diegnan

Should Newark’s Facebook Money Been Used Solely for Charter School Expansion? New Data Too.

Today at The74, Richard Whitmire addresses the $100 million Newark Facebook grant and whether the money should have all been…

9 years ago

Sen. Teresa Ruiz Scotches Opt-Out Bill, Despite Pressure from NJEA and Save Our Schools

Props to Senator Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), who withstood pressure from NJEA and Save Our Schools-NJ and stood strong against an…

9 years ago

Taking Pot Shots at N.J.’s Charter School Students

"The charter school law needs to be rewritten in a thoughtful, comprehensive way. It's been more than 20 years since…

10 years ago

Great News! Newark City Council Opposes Diegnan/Jasey Charter Moratorium Bill

Yesterday the Newark City Council, duly-elected representatives of Newark residents, passed a resolution that opposes Assembly bill 4351, sponsored by…

10 years ago

In Diegnan’s Anti-PARCC bills, Poor Children are just Collateral Damage

Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex), chair of the Assembly Education Committee,  has an editorial in today’s Star Ledger promoting his PARCC…

10 years ago

QOD: A Newark Mother Decries N.J.’s Charter Moratorium Bill

Newark mother Melissa Grant (she’s also CEO of a non-profit that provides transitional housing for homeless women) expresses her dismay…

10 years ago

QOD: A Former Newark Public Schools Student to Assembly: Pull the Charter Moratorium Bill

Ron Rice Jr., a former Newark Public Schools student,  Newark city councilman, and current senior director of government relations at…

10 years ago

Diegnan/Jasey Charter Moratorium Bill Will Hurt Thousands of Needy Students

Score another one for Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan: not only does he want to undermine the state’s ability to gauge academic…

10 years ago

New NJ Spotlight Column: “Don’t Fall For the Opt-Out Cope-Out”

It starts here:Upholding ethical principles in Trenton’s State House is no game for wimps. Legislators in the Assembly and the…

10 years ago