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Newark Parents Fight New Jersey’s Unjust and Immoral Teacher Lay-Off Law

The son of Newark mother Noemi Vazquez is one of 10 plaintiffs in a lawsuit called HG v. Harrington that…

8 years ago

Department of Chutzpah: Newark Teachers Union Start “GoFundMe” page to “Stop the War on Teachers”

Seriously, you can't make this stuff up. Here's Mike Antonucci:GoFundMe is an online fundraising site usually reserved for people with…

8 years ago

Who are the Candidates for Newark School Board?

Last night was the first Newark School Board candidate forum at St. James AME Church. I wasn’t able to make…

9 years ago

No, Newark is Not Flint: Facts on the Discovery of Lead in 30 Newark School Buildings

Today the New York Times, the Wall St. Journal, A.P., the Star-Ledger, and NJ Spotlight report on the  alarming news that…

9 years ago

Oy Gevalt: Newark Teachers Union President Needs a Little R & R

Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon has an editorial in today’s NJ Spotlight  where he argues  that New Jersey taxpayers should…

9 years ago

Newark Mom: I’m With Parents Who FIght for School Equity and “Put Our Babies Over Politics”

Here's a letter to the editor from Christine Carter, a Newark Mom and member of the parent-driven Hands Our Our…

9 years ago

Something is Changing in Newark: The Empowerment of Charter School Parents

On Monday night the Newark School Advisory Board held its monthly meeting, with an added feature of a Newark Teachers…

9 years ago

Student Outcomes in Turnaround Charter Schools: A Case Study in Newark

Critics of charter schools often claim that the reason for some of  these independent schools’  superior student growth results from…

9 years ago

Newark Mayor’s Attack on Charter Expansion is a Failure of Educational Leadership

Here’s Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s response yesterday to the announcement that KIPP NJ, wildly popular with parents, will add five…

9 years ago

Newark Teachers Union and Anti-Charter Legislators are Losing “War” Against School Choice

Here’s Newark School Advisory Board member Rashon Hasan after hearing the announcement on Wednesday that KIPP charter schools had filed…

9 years ago