Stop Trying To Indoctrinate My Kids.
Erika Sanzi
September 15, 2020
My pal and colleague Erika Sanzi is chief editor of Project Forever Free, where this post first appeared. She is the mother of three school-aged
For White Teachers of Black Children.
Guest Contributor
July 10, 2020
This is a guest post by Mark Joseph, a sixth-grade math teacher at KIPP Rise Academy in Newark, where he has taught for thirteen years. For
Asbury Park High School Student Brings Loaded Gun to School; Community and Staff Kept in the Dark.
Laura Waters
March 5, 2020
I have a scoop that I wish I didn’t have, courtesy of three anonymous sources, all staff members at Asbury Park Public Schools. An Asbury
At KIPP Seek Academy in Newark, It’s A Different Kind of Halloween!
Laura Waters
October 31, 2019
Today’s no ordinary day at KIPP Seek Academy in Newark. Instead of the traditional Halloween parades, students there are attending school today dressed in outfits
Tafshier Cosby-Thomas: “Parents are Making Choices for Their Children. Why Would Anyone Get in the Way of That?”
Laura Waters
November 5, 2018
Last week I had the opportunity to interview long-time Newark resident Tafshier Cosby-Thomas on her experiences with the city’s public schools: traditional, magnet, and charter.
Sweeney, Ruiz & Madden Announce Committee Hearings on Troubling Videos of Teachers Union Officials
Laura Waters
May 7, 2018
A quick response from New Jersey legislative leaders (see here for context): TRENTON – Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senate Education Committee Chairwoman M. Teresa Ruiz and
Why Can’t Plainfield City Find a Superintendent?
Laura Waters
February 6, 2018
You have to have the parents of this district who are going to charter schools feel comfortable about coming here,” he said. “If they don’t,