NJ Education Commissioner David Hespe told the state Assembly Budget Committee that he “doesn’t know” if Gov. Christie will cut education funding to trim the
Both NJ Spotlight and the Star Ledger cover the discrepancies between Gov. Christie’s actual school district state aid, per his budget, and state aid calculated
Yesterday NJ Spotlight reported on the sorry fiscal condition of Lakewood Public Schools (Ocean County). On Friday Commissioner David Hespe announced that the State would
Just up at WHYY’s Newsworks: Is the opening of more charter schools in Camden City a cause for celebration or legal action? If you ask
It’s been a bad week for NJ’s Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, a highly-acclaimed program that allows students to attend schools outside district boundaries. Schools
Speaking of salaries, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports on an investigation from New Jersey Watchdog that found that an obscure unit of the NJ Department of
This week the National Association of Charter School Authorizers issued a case study of New Jersey’s charter school environment called “Growing Great Schools in New
Here’s the first part of my column today at Newsworks WHYY: Everyone’s talking about the political upheaval in Newark as Ras Baraka and Shavar Jeffries
As you all no doubt know by now, Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson has submitted a waiver to the NJ Department of Education to allow her
Read it here: Last week New Jersey Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf announced that he was leaving the Department of Education to head a new educational