Newark

Anti-Testing Movement Privileges Rich Students over Poor Students

It’s like New Jersey is two separate countries, at least as I read my local papers yesterday. In the Trenton…

9 years ago

QOD: Newark School Board Member: Low Income Parents Drive Expansion of Charter Schools

Rashon K. Hasan, member of the Newark Board of Education, has a guest column at Education Post that decries the…

9 years ago

QOD: Chris Cerf Unplugged

Peter Cunningham, Executive Director of Education Post, chatted with Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf about efforts to improve public education in…

9 years ago

Newark Dad: Keep the Focus on Children and Charter Outcomes, Not “Political Interests”

A letter to the editor in yesterday's Star-Ledger:As someone who has spent more than a decade working with Newark students…

9 years ago

QOD: Under Chris Cerf’s Leadership, Newark Schools has been “Quiet and Peaceful”

From today's NJ Spotlight's preview of an interview with Mary Alice Williams and Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf.Could this really be…

9 years ago

What do Newark Parents Want?

A rapidly growing number of Newark parents want a voice and they want choice. They want our school and elected…

9 years ago

Getting Past False Dichotomies: Newark Public Schoolchildren are “Beating the Odds”

Political discussions are often infected with false dichotomies, and the pros and cons of charter schools are not immune from…

9 years ago

QOD: Chris Cerf Discusses School Funding Gaps in Newark While Praising Charter Schools for “Beating the Odds”

Yesterday Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf gave his annual report to the N.J. State Board of Education and, according to the…

9 years ago

Newark Mom: I’m With Parents Who FIght for School Equity and “Put Our Babies Over Politics”

Here's a letter to the editor from Christine Carter, a Newark Mom and member of the parent-driven Hands Our Our…

9 years ago

Something is Changing in Newark: The Empowerment of Charter School Parents

On Monday night the Newark School Advisory Board held its monthly meeting, with an added feature of a Newark Teachers…

9 years ago