courtesy of Southward Councilman Ras Baraka, aspiring mayor of Newark, regarding the NJ Department of Education’s ongoing control of Newark Public Schools: “The takeover of
“It’s a remarkable thing [Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson] is proposing,” said Ross Danis, CEO of Newark Trust for Education, an advocacy group. “It’s a level
In today’s Wall St. Journal, Lisa Fleisher lists the ways that Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson would have used a $30 million Race to the Top
NJ Spotlight today looks at how Newark Public Schools’ teachers performed under the new evaluation system, which was jointly approved by AFT President Randi Weingarten,
Lisa Fleisher in the Wall Street Journal: Newark, in a first for a large New Jersey public-school system, has given out bonuses of up to
I do try to see all sides, and so here’s a post from reporter Ted Cohen, who is accusing Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson of refusing
Answer? Read my new column at WHYY’s Newsworks: With less than four weeks until New Jersey’s primary election for U.S. Senate, the latest Monmouth University
For a glimpse into Newark’s educational politics, Newark Teacher Union President Joseph Del Grosso barely squeaked out a victory in this week’s contentious battle for
Yesterday’s Trentonian has an A.P. piece that considers the impact on Newark Public Schools (and Newark in general) if Cory Booker leaves for a senate
Today’s Wall St. Journal reports on a new system in Newark that intends to “shut down that argument” that charter schools “ find ways to