New Jersey Public Charter School Assocation

ANALYSIS: Fordham’s New Report Nails the Correlation Between Charter School Growth and General Student Success

Today Fordham Institute released a new report, "Still Rising: Charter School Enrollment and Student Achievement at the Metropolitan Level," a…

3 years ago

New Newark Poll: Voters Strongly Support Charters But Many Think Education in Newark Is On the ‘Wrong Track’

Every year for the past three years New Jersey Children’s Foundation* has commissioned the progressive polling firm Change Research to…

3 years ago

New Jersey Public Charter School Students Receive Full Four Year Scholarships to Top Colleges!

Seven students who will be graduating from New Jersey charter schools this spring received full four-year scholarships to attend some…

3 years ago

Camden, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton Parents Join State Charter Association in Challenge to NJ’s Unfair Facilities Funding

This week, a group of parents from Trenton, Paterson, Newark, and Camden joined the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association…

3 years ago

If Schools Can Build on the Flexibility and Creativity Driven By the Pandemic, Our Students Will Thrive

Learning can and should happen anytime, anywhere. After what we’ve learned over the past 15 months, we have the chance…

3 years ago

NJ Public Charters Honored By Murphy Administration For Increasing Teacher Diversity and Course Equity

Two New Jersey charter schools are among the seven districts to receive a Lighthouse Award from the New Jersey Department…

3 years ago

Newark Public Schools’ Enrollment Drops by 34%

Newark Public Schools district leaders aren't panicking. Yet a 34% drop in enrollment is cause for concern, at least as…

3 years ago

Court Upholds Newark Charter Expansions, Thwarting Attempt to ‘Kick Out Students From the Schools They Love’

Today, the NJ State Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding the Commissioner of Education’s 2016 decisions to expand seven high-performing…

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

During National Charter School Week, How Are the Children?

After a once-in-a-generation pandemic, academic crisis nationwide, and historic challenges, New Jersey’s public charter schools are celebrating National Charter School…

4 years ago