Newark

Amidst All the (Well-Deserved) Encomia for Sen. Frank Lautenberg,

Tom Moran at the Star-Ledger has a slightly different take:And now, as great a warrior as  [Sen. Lautenberg] has been…

11 years ago

Newark’s Superintendent Cami Anderson “Responds” to her Board’s No-Confidence Vote

Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson has an editorial in today’s Star-Ledger that provides a response to this week’s “no-confidence vote” from…

12 years ago

Inequities in Charter School Funding

EdWeek reports today that, according to a a new study, charter schools in Newark receive $15,973 per pupil, $10,000 less…

12 years ago

Letter of the Day

From Joseph Del Grosso, President of the Newark Teachers Union: Dear Senator Rice and Assemblywoman Wagner: I am writing to you…

12 years ago

Newark Parent Group v. Camden Parent Group

One more thought on the Newark civil rights complaint (see below): the parent group in Newark argues that the NJ…

12 years ago

When are School Closures a Civil Rights Violation?

NJ Spotlight has been covering (here and here)  the activities of a group of Newark parents who filed a civil…

12 years ago

Profile of Newark’s Malcolm X Shabazz High School

In case you missed it over this long holiday break, the Star-Ledger ran a piece a few days ago about…

12 years ago

“Reimagining” Newark’s Public Schools as Partners in Choice

A few thoughts on Cami Anderson’s recent “data-driven, frank discussion” of the gaps between Newark’s traditional public schools and alternatives…

12 years ago

Via Newark Public Schools: a “data-driven, frank discussion”

Two weeks ago the big New Jersey education story was the CREDO report, which surveyed student outcomes in NJ’s charter…

12 years ago

What Can NJ Really Learn from the CREDO Report on Charter Schools?

Here's my latest post on WHYY's Newsworks on the CREDO study, which examines charter school performance in NJ. Last week…

12 years ago