Newark

Terrible Metaphor of the Day,

courtesy of Southward Councilman Ras Baraka, aspiring mayor of Newark, regarding the NJ Department of Education's ongoing control of Newark…

11 years ago

Newark Traditional Schools “Embrace” Charters Through Universal Enrollment Plan

 “It’s a remarkable thing [Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson] is proposing,” said Ross Danis, CEO of Newark Trust for Education, an…

11 years ago

Newark Union President Likes Things Just the Way They Are

In today’s Wall St. Journal, Lisa Fleisher lists the ways that Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson would have used a $30…

11 years ago

Newark’s Teacher Evaluation System Is ‘Highly Encouraging’

NJ Spotlight today looks at how Newark Public Schools’ teachers performed under the new evaluation system, which was jointly approved…

11 years ago

190 Newark Teachers Receive Merit Bonuses

Lisa Fleisher in the Wall Street Journal:Newark, in a first for a large New Jersey public-school system, has given out…

11 years ago

Equal Time: Is Newark Refusing to Divulge Plans for Partnership with Ed Reform Organization?

I do try to see all sides, and so here's a  post from reporter Ted Cohen, who is accusing Newark…

11 years ago

Why Is NJ’s Teachers’ Union Sitting out The Senate Race?

Answer? Read my new column at WHYY's Newsworks:With less than four weeks until New Jersey's primary election for U.S. Senate,…

11 years ago

Newark Teacher Union’s Opposition Party: Link to “Manifesto”

For a glimpse into Newark’s educational politics,  Newark Teacher Union President Joseph Del Grosso barely squeaked out a victory in…

11 years ago

What Happens to Newark’s Schools if Mayor Booker Becomes Senator Booker?

Yesterday's Trentonian has an A.P. piece that considers the  impact on Newark Public Schools (and Newark in general) if Cory…

11 years ago

Newark Superintendent Proposes New Policy to Fight Perception That Charters “Cream Off” Top Students

Today’s Wall St. Journal reports on a new system in Newark that intends to “shut down that argument” that charter…

11 years ago