Newark Update
Laura Waters
December 5, 2017
I have a new column up at NJ Spotlight called “The Four Factors Behind Newark’s Education Turnaround.” It starts here: New Jersey is a fragmented
Confessions from A Recovering Academic; Or, The Problems with Proffered Solutions To N.J.’s Segregated Schools (with apologies to Emily Dickinson)
Laura Waters
November 30, 2017
The Civil Rights Project has a new academic paper out called “New Jersey’s Segregated Schools Trends and Paths Forward,” a follow-up to a report on
“For the Camden Teachers’ Union, It’s Politics as Usual”: A Response to an Attack on Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard
Laura Waters
November 21, 2017
I’ve written about Keith Benson before, president of the Camden Education Association and and paranoid conspiracy theorist who claims that the terrorist attack on 9/11
Newark Signatories Put Adults Before Kids
Laura Waters
October 27, 2017
Nostalgia is a wonderful thing, except when treasured memories are delusional. Which pretty much describes yesterday’s op-ed in NJ Spotlight signed by State Senator Ronald
Here’s What Matt Barnum Gets Wrong About Education Reform in Newark
Laura Waters
October 18, 2017
Maybe it’s because I’m at the New Jersey Charter School Association annual conference and last evening heard Norm Atkins, founder of Uncommon Schools, remark that
This Mother Feels “Blessed” To Have Her Children in a N.J. Charter School: a New Report Tells Us Why
Laura Waters
October 17, 2017
Last week wrote about the New Jersey Charter School Association’s new analysis, “20 Years of New Jersey Charter Schools: A State of the Sector Report,”
What is Driving Newark Students’ Academic Growth? Answers Here, Via New Harvard Analysis
Laura Waters
October 16, 2017
Researchers at Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) are releasing a study today called “Assessing the Impact of the Newark Education Reforms.” This
Five Maxims for Phil Murphy
Laura Waters
September 27, 2017
At a town hall in Montclair this past weekend, Phil Murphy held forth on the four New Jersey school districts — Jersey City, Paterson, Newark,
N.J. Mom Contemplates School Choices for Her Career-Oriented Daughter
Laura Waters
September 14, 2017
(This is a guest post by Aggie Sung, a certified early education teacher whose passion is in children’s books that teach young learners to express
When School Choicers Start to Behave Like the Establishment: Charter Schools Protecting Turf Against Another Charter School
Laura Waters
September 7, 2017
This is a guest post by Bob Bowdon, the Executive Director of Choice Media, an education news service, website and smartphone app. Is it possible for