Public Charter Schools

Education Law Center and NJEA Are Not Celebrating National Charter Schools Week. Here’s Why.

School choice and equity supporters are celebrating National Charter Schools Week and in New Jersey we have an extra reason…

6 years ago

What Happens When Traditional Schools and Charter Schools Are Located in the Same Building? Answers from a Newark Mom.

April Peele is a Newark mother of a daughter who attends KIPP Seek Academy. I want to be completely honest…

6 years ago

“It’s Time To Step Away from the Zero-Sum Politics Around District and Charter Schools”: An Interview with Kyle Rosenkrans:

This week I interviewed Kyle Rosenkrans, the executive director of a newly-launched nonprofit called New Jersey Children’s Foundation (NJCF).  …

6 years ago

The Newark School Board Election Results Are In: Voters Choose Choice.

Here are two quotes that, for me, sum up yesterday’s school board election in Newark. Shayvonne Anderson, candidate on the…

6 years ago

Should Gov. Murphy Take Advice From Newark Teacher Union Prez John Abeigon on Charter Schools? Depends On How You Feel About Blackface.

"We have no problem with getting more money into the pockets of our members.That’s what we’re about. We’re a union.…

6 years ago

A Lawsuit Pressed By the Anti-Charter Gang Sheds Light on the Presumptions of White Privilege

Last Thursday I published a post about the North Jersey Media Group’s hit job on New Jersey’s public charter schools.…

6 years ago

This Newspaper Series Says NJ Charter Schools Are a “Flawed Experiment.” That’s Wrong — And The Series Itself Proves That.

After I read North Jersey Media Group’s (NJMG) voluminous series called “Millions of Your Tax Dollars Have Disappeared Into NJ’s…

6 years ago

Newark School Board Elections Signal A Shift on Charter Schools

On Tuesday, April 16th, Newark voters will select three School Board members. For the fourth consecutive year there is a…

6 years ago

There’s a New Report Out From NACSA on ‘Reinvigorating the Pipeline’ for Charter Schools. Too Bad Jersey Is Out of the Running.

I’ll bet you know that the pace of charter school growth has slowed throughout the country. But you may not…

6 years ago

Eight Corrections To An Error-Ridden Story About Cory Booker’s Education Legacy in Newark

Two weeks ago the Los Angeles Times ran an editorial that poses as journalism. Either that or the paper really…

6 years ago