Newark

Lessons from the Field: How Charter Schools Can Become Neighborhood Schools

One of the criticisms of charter schools is that they come into a neighborhood and supplant the traditional school, without…

10 years ago

Finally, Some Unbiased Educational Statistics on Newark Public Schools

Much of the analysis of the public education system in Newark feels unreliable;  everyone, it seems, has an agenda. “New…

10 years ago

What the Heck is Going on in Newark?

I’m trying to figure it out too. We know that eight students, members of the Newark Students Union, have been…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Post: Message to Anti-Testing Folks: It’s Time to Listen to Kids

It starts here:Last Friday in Newark Public Schools, 3,500 students in fifty-six buildings participated in a PARCC simulation, a forty-five…

10 years ago

Newark Students “Occupy” Cami Anderson’s Office

At this moment a small group of Newark Public School students have been “occupying” the district’s central office on Cedar…

10 years ago

Brookings: “One Newark” Open Enrollment System Makes N.P.S. A “Standout” in Education Choice

The Brookings Institute just released its 2014 Education Choice and Competition Index and one of the star players is Newark…

10 years ago

A Newark Mother of Ten Children Explains Why Her Children Need Charter Schools

Shayvonne Anderson , a Newark mother of ten children who range in age from five to eighteen, explains in the…

10 years ago

Give the Cami-Bashing A Rest: Woes in Newark Go Way Back

My new Spotlight column is out today. It starts here:News from Newark Public Schools is alarming. Earlier this month state…

10 years ago

New NJ Spotlight Column: Ongoing Battles in NJ over Camden, Newark, PARCC Testing, and School Funding

It starts here:New Jersey’s education reform landscape has always been rocky, and 2014 was no exception, pitted with growing resistance…

10 years ago

New Spotlight Column: Self-Selection of Public Schools and N.J.’s Double Standard

It starts here:Cami Anderson may not win anyone’s Superintendent of the Year award, but you’ve got to give her credit…

10 years ago