Public School Choice

COMMENTARY: Ciattarelli’s Disastrous School Funding Plan

Anyone who reads my commentary knows that I’m a proponent of school choice, high standards and aligned assessments, school district…

3 years ago

More Than One Million Parents Voted With Their Feet to Choose the Best Option For Their Family

A new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) finds that enrollment in district public schools dropped…

3 years ago

NJ Education Department Again Rejects Asbury Park Charter School’s Expansion

College Achieve Greater Asbury Park, part of the College Achieve public charter school network, just received word that the New…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: With Re-Election Looming, Murphy Chooses Politics Over Parents

As the number of COVID pediatric infections and hospitalizations in New Jersey rises due to the Delta variant and the…

3 years ago

Asbury Park Parent: ‘Why Won’t the Murphy Administration Do the Right Thing and Honor Our School Choice?’

Desiree Whyte of Asbury Park is the mother of Nick Whyte, a student at College Achieve Greater Asbury Park School.…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: From Bridgewater to Newark, Parents Are Demanding Virtual Options. What If We Listened?

In June Gov. Phil Murphy decreed that this September all schools must provide in-person full-time instruction and the days of…

3 years ago

During National Charter School Week, How Are the Children?

After a once-in-a-generation pandemic, academic crisis nationwide, and historic challenges, New Jersey’s public charter schools are celebrating National Charter School…

4 years ago

ANALYSIS: Here’s What’s Wrong With U.S. News and World Report’s Top New Jersey High Schools List

U.S. News and World Report just published its rankings of the top high schools in each state Below is a…

4 years ago

McKenna: After A Full Year of School Closures, Have Suburban NJ Districts Lost Parents’ Trust?

Laura McKenna is a New Jersey parent of two teenage boys, one currently studying at Rutgers University and the other…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Camden’s Charters Are Dramatically More Cost-Effective Than District Schools

Do you cringe when an economist or policy wonk quantifies the value of a single child’s education? I do. How…

4 years ago