Five Maxims for Phil Murphy
Laura Waters
September 27, 2017
At a town hall in Montclair this past weekend, Phil Murphy held forth on the four New Jersey school districts — Jersey City, Paterson, Newark,
Chris Cerf Unplugged: Charter Schools, Phil Murphy, NJEA, and Save Our Schools-NJ
Laura Waters
August 14, 2017
In an interview in today’s Star-Ledger, Newark Superintendent and former New Jersey Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf discusses the threat of a charter school moratorium,
Look What Happens When District and Charter Schools Collaborate
Laura Waters
July 19, 2017
(This is a guest post by Charles Sahm, who is director of education policy at the Manhattan Institute, a think tank whose mission is to develop
“I Love Newark And Am Proud To Say I Live Here,” Says NPS Grad
Laura Waters
June 29, 2017
It’s easy to be skeptical about improvements to Newark Public Schools,given its sordid history of corruption, desultory oversight, and — most critically — poor student
Do All Schools Rise? They Do In Newark!
Laura Waters
May 23, 2017
On Thursday I attended College Signing Day at North Star, one of Newark’s best public charter schools. But someone beat them to the punch. On