Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
July 15, 2011
I would ask Speaker Oliver and the rest of Trenton’s legislators to remember that in just a few weeks, thousands of New Jersey children will
NJ’s Voucher Bill on “Life Support”
Laura Waters
July 5, 2011
Today’s Star-Ledger has the political backstory on the fragile state of the Opportunity Scholarship Act, otherwise known as the voucher bill. While advocates had been
Frenemies
Laura Waters
June 7, 2011
It’s like a new reality show: NJ’s strangest alliances. Yesterday NJ Spotlight profiled the partnership between Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic “power broker” George Norcross
New Poll Shows the Majority of Black Voters Support School Choice
Laura Waters
April 11, 2011
Here’s an interesting tidbit from the new Rutgers-Eagleton poll on how New Jerseyans feel about the expansion of charter schools and school choice. According to
Is Democrat/Republican a False Dichotomy? (It is in Education Reform)
Laura Waters
March 17, 2011
Kevin P. Chavous, Chairman of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, has a piece in the Daily Caller that advocates for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship
Lakewood’s Voucher Program
Laura Waters
February 24, 2011
Lakewood Public Schools’ inclusion in the Opportunity Scholarship Act is redundant. Lakewood Public Schools is already a voucher program. This week the focus is back
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
February 10, 2011
But what if these were not Catholics? What if they were, oh, say, Muslims? What if, every time a nun extolled the virtues of Catholic
Voucher Flag-Waving
Laura Waters
February 9, 2011
“I am shocked – shocked! – to find that gambling is going on in here!”“Your winnings, sir.” Check out today’s NJ Spotlight for a discussion
Voucher Bill Fact-Check
Laura Waters
February 3, 2011
NJ’s voucher bill, the Opportunity Scholarship Act, is the big education news story today. Assembly Bill 2810 will be the subject of a hearing today
School Funding Myopia
Laura Waters
February 2, 2011
Yesterday the NJ State Supreme Court announced that the State cannot use evidence of the current fiscal crisis to justify cuts in education aid to