Public School Choice

National Alliance Statement on 2020 Election Results: Listen to Parents!

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools just released the following statement on the 2020 election results: While the results…

4 years ago

SCOOP: NJ Deputy Attorney General Says That Newark Charter School Expansion Embodies ‘Precisely What the Charter School Program Was Designed to Achieve’

Below is the preliminary statement from New Jersey State Deputy Attorney General Christopher Weber in a new brief in the…

4 years ago

Karega Rausch Says Charter Schools Get Better Outcomes for Kids When They Listen to Communities

Last week I interviewed Karega Rausch, the new Executive Director of the non-partisan National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA).…

4 years ago

Will NJEA Cry Segregation When They See Niche Rankings of Our State’s Top Schools? I Doubt It, But They Should.

Niche, the platform that rates schools across the country, just announced the “top five public high schools in New Jersey.”…

4 years ago

Samantha Bee’s Opposition to School Choice is Wrong and Hypocritical.

Samantha Bee decided to go on the attack against school choice this week during her show, Full Frontal. Based on the…

4 years ago

NJ Public Charter Association Welcomes New Director of Government Affairs

Today, Harry Lee, President and CEO of the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association (NJPCSA), announced that Theodore (T.J.) Best…

4 years ago

After a Decade of Opposing Voucher Programs, I’m Wondering If I Was Wrong

This is the first in a series of three pieces on my changing views of publicly-funded vouchers to parochial and…

4 years ago

Newark Continues Citywide Public School Enrollment Surge For Fifth Consecutive Year

After years of decreasing enrollment and a general lack of trust in its public schools, state data shows that Newark’s public…

4 years ago

Hand Me The Barf Bag: I Agree With Trump Jr. On School Choice.

It is unacceptable that too many African American and Hispanic American children are stuck in bad schools, just because of…

4 years ago

NJ Charter School Staff Call Out DNC For “Egregious” Attacks on Schools Favored By Black and Latino Families

Ten days ago the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association, on behalf of 65 signatories, sent a letter to the…

4 years ago