school reform

Rouhanifard Resigns: What’s Next for Camden City Public Schools?

Today Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard announced his resignation. I’ve followed the trajectory of Camden Public Schools since I started this…

7 years ago

Diane Ravitch, Horace Mann, and the PDK Poll

Diane Ravitch is irked. The new Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) poll shows that that most Americans believe that the purpose…

8 years ago

The Tribalism of Teacher Unions

In today’s New York Times Paul Krugman, in the context of the DNC and RNC conventions, describes the difference between…

8 years ago

What Was Christie’s Real Motive in Proposing a Radical — and Unpassable — School Funding Plan?

In just the last week New York and New Jersey residents were confronted with some hard facts about K-12 student…

8 years ago

De Blasio and Cuomo’s Community School Strategy Could Waste Millions

This guest post is by Karim Abouelnaga, the Founder and CEO of Practice Makes Perfect, an evidence-based, full-service summer school provider…

9 years ago

Continuing the Conversation with Steve Danley

Thank you, Professor Steve Danley, for generously continuing our conversation about Camden Public Schools. These exchanges  are invaluable for dismantling…

9 years ago

N.Y.C. Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina: “Every School Will Be Great”

“Today marks an unprecedented commitment to deliver for our schools that need extra support, and I know this will translate…

9 years ago

QOD: Students Benefitted from Bloomberg’s Strategy of Closing Failing High Schools

From PoliticoPro:The closures of struggling New York City high schools yielded benefits for middle schoolers who might otherwise have enrolled…

9 years ago

Getting Past False Dichotomies: Newark Public Schoolchildren are “Beating the Odds”

Political discussions are often infected with false dichotomies, and the pros and cons of charter schools are not immune from…

9 years ago

Duelling School Improvement Plans for De Blasio/Farina and NY Comm. Elia

Chalkbeat reports today that yesterday New York City  Chancellor Carmen Fariña and New York State Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, equipped with…

9 years ago