Student Achievement

Asbury Park Teachers Speak Out: ‘This Place Is a Shitshow’

Last Saturday the Asbury Park Education Association sent out a survey to all staff, asking them to rank the four…

3 years ago

New Study: Newark Public Charter Schools Do Not ‘Push Out’ Students With Disabilities and English Language Learners

One of the most popular soundbites one hears from those who oppose public charter schools is that they push out…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Someone Needs to Tell This NJ Superintendent That Schools Are Accountable to Families, Not the Other Way Around

You probably didn’t read Sunday's Star-Ledger op-ed by John Kellmayer called “‘Harrison Bergeron’ and How to Close the Achievement Gap.” …

4 years ago

Newark Public Schools, Traditional and Charter, Celebrate Their Best-In-The-State Rankings

Here are two press releases, one from Newark Public Schools celebrating that U.S. News & World Report ranked two of…

4 years ago

I’ll Wheel You a Principal If You Deal Me a Job: Live Tonight from Asbury Park

Welcome to a New Jersey school district so ridden with nepotism, exorbitance, and a singular disregard for student outcomes that…

4 years ago

Trenton School Board Sues Teachers to Force In-School Instruction

This past Friday the Trenton Board of Education filed a lawsuit in Superior Court of New Jersey because teachers are…

4 years ago

Dramatic Drop in Newark Students Applying to College–Except For Two Types of Public Schools

The pandemic takes its educational toll in countless ways and one of them is a dramatic drop in Newark high…

4 years ago

NJCF Statement on Education Law Center’s Legal Attack on Newark Charter School Families

This is a press release from the New Jersey Children's Foundation.* At risk today is the fate of 8,500 children…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: What Does Education Law Center Have Against 8,500 Newark Schoolchildren?

Today the Education Law Center is back in court, once again fighting parents who want to have alternatives to traditional…

4 years ago

JAMES: In Newark, Governor Murphy Was Our Guy—Until He Wasn’t

In my last editorial I shared my prayers for a safe return to school. But we need far more than…

4 years ago