Newark

A Newark Mom Takes on Charter-Hating Adults who are “Crippling the Future of Newark Children”

Last week the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and WNYC hosted a panel that included Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Superintendent Chris…

9 years ago

Newsflash: Camden is not Newark

Today NJ Spotlight looks at Camden Public Schools’ plans to create a single enrollment process for parents who register their…

9 years ago

Fact-Checking Education Law Center

Education Law Center is back on the charter-hating trail again as it determinedly battles impoverished parents in long-failing districts who…

9 years ago

New NJ Spotlight column: Moving Beyond Good v. Evil in Newark School Reform Debate

It starts here:Ras Baraka hasn’t just cooled the campaign rhetoric, he’s proven that he knows the value of eclectic and…

9 years ago

Where Did All That Facebook Money Go in Newark?

The Star-Ledger asks, “where did that $200 million to Newark Public Schools go?”The biggest chunk, 44.6%, went to labor and…

9 years ago

Bellwether “Briefing Book”: By 2035, Charter Schools will Educate 20-40% of all American Public School Students

Bellwether has just issued a “briefing book” called “The State of the Charter School Movement” which “reviews the current state…

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

QOD: What’s the Impact of Charter Schools on Newark Traditional Schools?

Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger runs the numbers:Let's start with the kids. At last count, 26 percent of Newark students…

9 years ago

Newark Teacher Union Prez: “We Are in a War”

“My fellow [Newark Teachers Union] members: we are in a war; we are a labor union. We will act like…

9 years ago

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Education Reform

Speaking of Newark, earlier this week the New York Times ran a front-page feature on Mayor Ras Baraka that celebrates…

9 years ago