August 14, 2017
In an interview in today’s Star-Ledger, Newark Superintendent and former New Jersey Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf discusses the threat of a charter school moratorium, […]
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July 19, 2017
(This is a guest post by Charles Sahm, who is director of education policy at the Manhattan Institute, a think tank whose mission is to develop […]
June 29, 2017
It’s easy to be skeptical about improvements to Newark Public Schools,given its sordid history of corruption, desultory oversight, and — most critically — poor student […]
June 28, 2017
The big news story today, of course, is U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell’s failure to summon enough votes to bring to the floor a bill that […]
May 23, 2017
On Thursday I attended College Signing Day at North Star, one of Newark’s best public charter schools. But someone beat them to the punch. On […]
April 27, 2017
“We are hopeful that the winners are ready to get to work to put Newark back in local control,” Abeigon said. “We also want to […]
April 26, 2017
Newark’s School Board elections are over and the this newly-configured nine-member School Board — for twenty-two years demoted to “advisory” but now just a baby […]
April 12, 2017
In less than two weeks Newark voters will elect three new members of their Board of Education and the stakes have never been higher. After […]
April 7, 2017
Last Wednesday KIPP New Jersey hosted the 10th annual “Be the Change” celebration, its primary fundraising initiative. By the end of the evening KIPP NJ, […]
April 5, 2017
Earlier this month, a short animated video was released to the public explaining New Jersey’s quality-blind “last in, first out” (LIFO) teacher layoff statute. As […]
March 30, 2017
Earlier this month the New Jersey Department of Education announced the closing of three charter schools in Newark: Newark Prep, Merit Prep, and Paulo Freire […]
March 23, 2017
Defendant admits to the allegations contained in Paragraph 12 of the Complaint in part. Defendants declare that the District Schools are making great strides towards […]