Local Control

Newark Students Deserve Education Champions Who Keep Their Promises

This is a guest post by Tommy Luna who is currently entering his 10th year as an eighth grade math…

5 years ago

Here’s What’s Wrong With Save Our Schools-NJ’s Answers to the DOE Charter School Survey. Or, Let Them Eat Cake.

Last week the anti-choice/accountability Princeton-based group called Save Our Schools-New Jersey summoned its Facebook members to fill out the survey…

6 years ago

Six Ways in Which Lakewood is “Special”; Or, What Happens When Local Control Runs Wild

I've been thinking about local control lately and the ways in which it contributes, both locally and nationally, to public…

7 years ago

Princeton Palace: This is What’s Wrong with Local Control

When my husband Dennis and I were getting ready to move from upstate New York to a new home within…

7 years ago

Cerf: “This Is The Moment. The Biggest Risk as We Go To Local Control Is That Lurking In the Background Is a Real Transactional Mentality.”

Last week in The 74 I analyzed the legacy of Chris Cerf's tenure in New Jersey, both as Commissioner of…

7 years ago

My Take on the Betsy DeVos Hearing: Paging Blanche DuBois

I’ve tried to be open-minded about Trump’s nominee for Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos. Many people I respect view her as…

8 years ago

N.J. Correlations Between Anti-Vaxxers and Anti-Testers

The Star-Ledger reports that a record  9,500 students in New Jersey declined vaccinations in the 2015-16 school year, according to…

8 years ago

Chris Cerf on Collaboration with Weingarten, Commitment to Local Control, & Not “Charterizing”the District

From his  interview with the Star-Ledger: On misunderstandings regarding his involvement with the Facebook grant:. I was not part of the picture in…

9 years ago

QOD: How Committed is Chris Cerf to Local Control in Newark?

Cerf told the school board and members of the public at the meeting that he was "unalterably, authentically, and completely…

9 years ago