One of the criticisms of charter schools is that they come into a neighborhood and supplant the traditional school, without serving as a ballast of
Much of the analysis of the public education system in Newark feels unreliable; everyone, it seems, has an agenda. “New Jersey and local school officials
I’m trying to figure it out too. We know that eight students, members of the Newark Students Union, have been camped out at Newark Public
It starts here: Last Friday in Newark Public Schools, 3,500 students in fifty-six buildings participated in a PARCC simulation, a forty-five minute dress rehearsal for
At this moment a small group of Newark Public School students have been “occupying” the district’s central office on Cedar Street since about 8:30 last
The Brookings Institute just released its 2014 Education Choice and Competition Index and one of the star players is Newark Public Schools. The premise of
Shayvonne Anderson , a Newark mother of ten children who range in age from five to eighteen, explains in the Star-Ledger today why she sends
My new Spotlight column is out today. It starts here: News from Newark Public Schools is alarming. Earlier this month state legislators who sit on
It starts here: New Jersey’s education reform landscape has always been rocky, and 2014 was no exception, pitted with growing resistance towards new accountability metrics,
It starts here: Cami Anderson may not win anyone’s Superintendent of the Year award, but you’ve got to give her credit for a candid admission