State Takeover

State Takeovers of School Districts Don’t Work–Except in Camden

A new paper from the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, authored by Beth Schueler and Joshua Bleiberg and titled…

2 years ago

The Star-Ledger Questions Newark Superintendent’s Leadership. It’s Bigger Than That.

Today the Star-Ledger Editorial Board reports that over this past eight months Newark school board members and top staffers have…

2 years ago

Jersey City Teacher/School Board Member: Both the State Education Department and The City Have Failed To Improve Our Schools

Yesterday Marilyn Roman published a very long analysis of the failings of New Jersey's second largest school system. As a…

2 years ago

Murphy Administration Announces the Return of Jersey City Public Schools to Full Local Control

Editor's Note: This is a press release from the Governor's Office. Carly Sitrin of Politico NJ notes (in an article…

2 years ago

BREAKING: State Ed Department and State Board Return Local Control to Jersey City Public Schools

Today during the New Jersey State Board of Education meeting, Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan recommended that the Board approve a resolution…

2 years ago

New Report: Most State Takeovers Don’t Help Students, Except in Camden

A new working paper out from Brown University studies the impact of state takeovers on 35 school districts. The authors,…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: New ‘Report’ on Camden Students’ Academic Growth Fails the Smell Test

Last week New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) released a “report” that tries to prove the state takeover of Camden Public…

4 years ago

Five Maxims for Phil Murphy

At a town hall in Montclair this past weekend, Phil Murphy held forth on the four New Jersey school districts…

7 years ago