school choice

I Thought Vouchers Were Wrong, But Now I Realize They Helped My Son

Recently I wrote that a residency hearing with two children, Kayla and Tasha, represented to me our deeply-embedded structural inequities…

4 years ago

NJ Children’s Foundation Announces New Initiative To Measure Impact of Digital Divide & Covid Slide On Children and Families.

The New Jersey Children’s Foundation, a Newark-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting a fact-based discussion about education, today announced a significant…

4 years ago

AEI: Remote Instruction During the Spring Was “Too Little, Too Late.”

Nat Malkkus of the American Enterprise Institute has a new brief called "Too Little, Too Late: A Hard Look at…

4 years ago

Newark Superintendent Threatened To Sue Me For Speaking Out. He Should Focus On Our Kids, Not Me.

Chalkbeat reported last week that Superintendent Roger Leon is claiming 99.8% of Newark Public Schools students were present for each…

4 years ago

Middletown Parent: Teacher’s #BlackLivesMatter Sign Was Censored But Not a MAGA Flag?

This is a letter from David Cohen, a Middletown High School parent, in response to the school board's decision to…

4 years ago

“Take Your Masks and Shove It”: Lakewood Ultra-Orthodox Community Reacts To “Deeply Concerning” Covid Cases in Ocean County

Currently Lakewood is New Jersey's hot spot for coronoavirus infections. There are two reasons: 1) there is a lack of…

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

Lakewood Lawyer Tells Reporter Re: District Going Remote, God and the Governor Will Decide.

As Lakewood posts a 27% positivity rate on COVID-19 tests, Advance Media's Kelly Heyboer sent an email to Lakewood school…

4 years ago

You Can Hate Trump And Support School Choice

Every time Donald Trump says, “school choice is the civil rights issue of our time,” I cringe. It’s hard to…

4 years ago

Did Murphy and NJEA’s Excellent Adventure Hit a Pothole?

Yesterday Governor Phil Murphy celebrated his victory -- signing a Legislature-approved nine-month budget of $32.7 billion that includes his millionaire’s…

4 years ago