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Newark Public Charter Schools Announce 2021-2022 Reopening ‘Compact’ To Guarantee Safety, High Expectations, and Transparency

As the new school year begins, Newark public charter schools just announced a collective COVID-19 safety pledge to parents, staff,…

3 years ago

Newark Union President Says Newark Parents Are Too Ignorant to Know if They Support Charter Schools

I’m always wary of public polls regarding educational issues, whether it be taxpayers, parents, anyone not aligned with the education…

3 years ago

KIPP Newark Students and Teachers Celebrate School Reopenings With Groceries, Vaccines, Rental Help, and Supplies!

After a year and a half of virtual/hybrid learning, Newark students are preparing to go back to the classroom. Outside…

3 years ago

KIPP Educator Wins Amazon Teacher of the Year

When high-school computer science teacher Harold Brown walked through the doors of KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy (NCA), his colleagues surprised…

3 years ago

Ten Camden City Teachers Win RISE Awards From Camden Education Fund

Yesterday the Camden Education Fund announced the winners of the RISE (Resilient, Inspirational, Solutions-Oriented Educators) awards to honor city teachers…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Newark Superintendent Borrows a Slam-Dunk Play from Public Charter Schools

For certain New Jerseyans, a favorite sport is attacking New Jersey's public charter schools. One popular move is to lambaste…

3 years ago

‘For Progressives to Step in and Tell Newark Parents What’s Best For Their Own Children Is Plain Offensive’

Tom Moran, head of the Star-Ledger Editorial Board, looks squarely at a lawsuit currently in New Jersey State Supreme Court…

4 years ago

NJ Commissioner Sides With Newark Superintendent, Denies 4 Charter School Expansions

On Friday New Jersey Acting Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan notified four charter schools in Newark that she is denying their requests…

4 years ago

Meet Chika OgbuokIrI, Seventh Grade Poet at Camden’s KIPP Lanning Square Middle School!

Chika OgbuokIrI is a seventh grader at KIPP Lanning Square Middle School in Camden. Yet another Poet Laureate in the…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Camden’s Charters Are Dramatically More Cost-Effective Than District Schools

Do you cringe when an economist or policy wonk quantifies the value of a single child’s education? I do. How…

4 years ago