Trenton

This Mother Feels “Blessed” To Have Her Children in a N.J. Charter School: a New Report Tells Us Why

Last week wrote about the New Jersey Charter School Association's new analysis, “20 Years of New Jersey Charter Schools: A…

7 years ago

A Picture of Trenton Public Schools. Or, Is This Good Enough for Your Kid?

This is a picture of a young boy receiving physical therapy in an appropriate room in his school..Now click on…

8 years ago

An Apology to Phil Murphy, N.J’s Next Governor, Who Boldly Voted Against the NAACP Charter School Moratorium

On Saturday the NAACP voted for a resolution urging an indefinite moratorium on the expansion of charter schools. This was…

8 years ago

Trenton’s Special Education Secret (and one piece of its budget crisis): 900 Children Bussed Away Each Day to Other Schools

Everyone knows it but just about everyone is afraid to say it: New Jersey’s school funding formula is irreparably broken.…

9 years ago

How the Disproportionality Problem in Special Education and Disciplinary Practices is like the “Hotel California”

From the Associated Press:With new data in hand, the Education Department said Tuesday that disparities persist in the nation's public…

9 years ago

Trenton Public Schools Administrators Crow at Graduation Rates; Meanwhile, 0% of Students Are Proficient in Algebra II

What’s a high school diploma worth?That question underlies much of the current disputes about higher standards for schoolchildren.Historically we’ve flung…

9 years ago

Abrupt Departure for Trenton Superintendent Francisco Duran

Superintendent Duran, who has held the top post at Trenton Public Schools since July 2012, announced that he was leaving…

9 years ago

New Newsworks column: Don’t Blame Charters For Trenton Public Schools’ Budget Woes

It starts here:Last Friday Janice Williams, Grievance Chair of the Trenton Education Association, did us all a favor and cut…

9 years ago

Trenton Public Schools Will Lay Off Forty-Seven Child Study Team Members

Trenton Public Schools announced this week that it will lay off 113 teaching positions in order to try to close…

10 years ago

Trenton Public Schools Addresses Its Special Education Problems

The Trenton Times reports today that district administrators are trying to bring back more students with disabilities into district schools.…

10 years ago