Newark

Newark School Teacher: “There’s a Sense of Hope”

Newark students started school today in an atmosphere that appears to be a marked contrast to the agitation and unrest…

9 years ago

Newark Advisory Board Votes for Quick State Turnaround on Accountability Results

The Newark School Advisory Board, reports the Star-Ledger,  has a reasonable request: the state Department of Education should turn around…

9 years ago

QOD: “Why Liberals Should Learn to Love Charter Schools”

Jonathan Alter explains today why “liberals should learn to love charter schools.” His key example is New Orleans, where “over…

9 years ago

Some (Unsolicited) Advice to NEA and AFT Leaders

Last week Chris Stewart, native of New Orleans and graduate of the its public school system (“My NOLA education sucked.…

9 years ago

Why New Jersey Still Needs Tenure Reform

Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf has trimmed the city’s school budget deficit from $40 million to somewhere between $15 million to…

9 years ago

When Parents Say “No” to Neighborhood Schools

When I was an elementary school student in Queens, New York City, I attended my local public school, P.S. 115.…

9 years ago

Deconstructing the “Narrative” of Newark Public Schools

There’s a new kind of fairy tale in the annals of those who denigrate efforts at education reform. It goes…

9 years ago

Chris Cerf Goes to Newark

From today's Wall St. Journal:Newark’s new schools chief, Chris Cerf, said Wednesday he wants to keep an open door to…

9 years ago

Education Law Center’s Flawed Plan for Newark Schools’ Transition to Local Control

Last week Theresa Luhm, managing director of the Education Law Center proposed a timeline for a transition to local control…

9 years ago

Why New Jersey (Still) Needs Tenure Reform

Today’s Wall St. Journal reports that Newark Public Schools currently has 453 staff members in the pool of  “educators without…

9 years ago