New Jersey Public Charter School Assocation

COMMENTARY: Good Luck Finding an Education Secretary Who Can Help Kids and Make Unions Happy, Mr. President-Elect

President-Elect Joe Biden may be setting himself up for a confrontation between two of his top advisors. Perched on one…

4 years ago

New Report: Camden Public Charter Schools Get $16k Less per Pupil Than Traditional Camden Schools

There's a new report out from the University of Arkansas' Department of Education Reform that examines funding inequities in 18…

4 years ago

SCOOP: NJ Deputy Attorney General Says That Newark Charter School Expansion Embodies ‘Precisely What the Charter School Program Was Designed to Achieve’

Below is the preliminary statement from New Jersey State Deputy Attorney General Christopher Weber in a new brief in the…

4 years ago

Newsflash: Newark Voters Want More High-Quality Public Schools, Charter or Traditional.

This morning Change Research and the New Jersey Children’s Foundation released a poll that shows Newark’s public charter schools are…

4 years ago

Karega Rausch Says Charter Schools Get Better Outcomes for Kids When They Listen to Communities

Last week I interviewed Karega Rausch, the new Executive Director of the non-partisan National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA).…

4 years ago

Newark Public Charter School Provides Brand-New Laptops So Every Child Can Succeed

Newark’s University Heights Charter School (UHCS) announced today that it has purchased over 850 brand new laptop computers and will…

4 years ago

NJ Charter School Staff Call Out DNC For “Egregious” Attacks on Schools Favored By Black and Latino Families

Ten days ago the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association, on behalf of 65 signatories, sent a letter to the…

4 years ago

School Leaders Ignore Murphy and DOE Mandates. Here’s Why That’s a Problem.

“We literally have no news on education today,” Murphy said at his latest coronavirus press briefing in Trenton. Well, school…

4 years ago

Letter From NJ Public Charter School Association Prez to NJ Dept. of Education re: School Reopenings.

This is a letter from Harry Lee, President of the New Jersey Charter School Association, dated today, to Kevin Dehmer,…

4 years ago

District and Charter Leaders Find Common Ground in Bucking DOE/Murphy Mandate For In-Person Instruction

It only took a pandemic for officers at the New Jersey Education Association to reach consensus with leaders of NJ's…

4 years ago