Who are the Candidates for Newark School Board?
Laura Waters
March 11, 2016
Last night was the first Newark School Board candidate forum at St. James AME Church. I wasn’t able to make it there and haven’t seen
No, Newark is Not Flint: Facts on the Discovery of Lead in 30 Newark School Buildings
Laura Waters
March 10, 2016
Today the New York Times, the Wall St. Journal, A.P., the Star-Ledger, and NJ Spotlight report on the alarming news that 30 school buildings in Newark
Christie to Newark Mayor Baraka: I’ll Run Over You if You Resist School Choice
Laura Waters
March 8, 2016
Just when it seemed like N.J.’s absentee governor Chris Christie couldn’t do any more damage to his brand, yesterday he managed to verify the perception
Oy Gevalt: Newark Teachers Union President Needs a Little R & R
Laura Waters
February 3, 2016
Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon has an editorial in today’s NJ Spotlight where he argues that New Jersey taxpayers should “take a close look at
Newark Mayor Appears Before City Council and Attacks School Choice
Laura Waters
January 26, 2016
On Friday afternoon Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared in a closed City Council meeting (YouTube video here) and told city leaders that students who attend
Dear Anti-Choice Lobbyists: Get Out of the Way of Parents
Laura Waters
January 20, 2016
I’ve followed discourse about Newark’s public education system for years and, suddenly, there’s a shift. While education politics and policy is typically overheated in New
QOD: “I am living proof that education reform hasn’t failed in Newark”
Laura Waters
January 20, 2016
Wydeyah Hay, alumna of KIPP New Jersey’s TEAM Academy: While some of the things I’ve read have said that reform has failed in Newark, or
Should Newark’s Facebook Money Been Used Solely for Charter School Expansion? New Data Too.
Laura Waters
January 13, 2016
Today at The74, Richard Whitmire addresses the $100 million Newark Facebook grant and whether the money should have all been spent expanding charter schools. While
Mayor Ras Baraka Goes to YouTube to Rebut Newark Education Blogger
Laura Waters
January 11, 2016
Eric Dawson, a new blogger at The Newark Report (and host of the internet radio show Real Talk Radio) has managed in one short week
Trying to Divine Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s Stance on Charter Schools
Laura Waters
January 6, 2016
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s public education agenda is making news this week. NJ Spotlight reports today on the “growing relationship – if not outright alliance”