In Newark, Every Teacher Is Sacred
Laura Waters
January 3, 2018
Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate. Does anyone else remember that ditty “Every Sperm
Charter Schools Closing in on State Averages on Third Year of PARCC Testing: Newark Charters Outperform State Average in Math
Laura Waters
December 18, 2017
New Jersey charter schools continue to narrow the achievement gap on the third year of Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
School Choice is Improving Prospects for Newark Schoolchildren But It’s Not Doing Much for Weber/Baker’s Analytical Acumen
Laura Waters
December 15, 2017
In Wednesday’s NJ Spotlight, Mark Weber takes aim at two recent editorials, mine and Michele Mason’s, which cover different aspects of recent public school improvements in Newark,
Newark Update
Laura Waters
December 5, 2017
I have a new column up at NJ Spotlight called “The Four Factors Behind Newark’s Education Turnaround.” It starts here: New Jersey is a fragmented
How Do We Foster Integration and Inclusion in New Jersey?
Laura Waters
December 1, 2017
(This is a guest post by Aggie Sung, a certified early education teacher whose passion is in children’s books that teach young learners to express
Confessions from A Recovering Academic; Or, The Problems with Proffered Solutions To N.J.’s Segregated Schools (with apologies to Emily Dickinson)
Laura Waters
November 30, 2017
The Civil Rights Project has a new academic paper out called “New Jersey’s Segregated Schools Trends and Paths Forward,” a follow-up to a report on
The Soprano State, Muhammed Akil, and PC2E: A Jersey Story
Laura Waters
November 13, 2017
Here’s part of Friday’s press release from the Newark-based organization Parent Coalition for Excellent Schools, or PC2E: Today the Parent Coalition for Excellent Education (PC2E)
Newark Signatories Put Adults Before Kids
Laura Waters
October 27, 2017
Nostalgia is a wonderful thing, except when treasured memories are delusional. Which pretty much describes yesterday’s op-ed in NJ Spotlight signed by State Senator Ronald
Here’s What Matt Barnum Gets Wrong About Education Reform in Newark
Laura Waters
October 18, 2017
Maybe it’s because I’m at the New Jersey Charter School Association annual conference and last evening heard Norm Atkins, founder of Uncommon Schools, remark that
This Mother Feels “Blessed” To Have Her Children in a N.J. Charter School: a New Report Tells Us Why
Laura Waters
October 17, 2017
Last week wrote about the New Jersey Charter School Association’s new analysis, “20 Years of New Jersey Charter Schools: A State of the Sector Report,”