September 24, 2015
Superintendent Duran, who has held the top post at Trenton Public Schools since July 2012, announced that he was leaving immediately to take over as […]
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September 24, 2015
I spent Tuesday in Camden at the NJSCERA conference on “The Future of the Camden School System.” (Here’s coverage from the Courier Post and the Philadelphia […]
September 17, 2015
Both NJ Spotlight and the A.P. report today on the ribbon-cutting at Camden’s KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy, the first public charter school building constructed under […]
September 16, 2015
Camden Public Schools just announced that Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard is launching a “neighborhood-by-neighborhood listening tour to focus on the challenges parents face with enrolling their […]
September 14, 2015
It starts here: Ras Baraka hasn’t just cooled the campaign rhetoric, he’s proven that he knows the value of eclectic and diversified approaches to a […]
September 11, 2015
The Star-Ledger asks, “where did that $200 million to Newark Public Schools go?” The biggest chunk, 44.6%, went to labor and contract costs: “$48.3 million […]
September 11, 2015
Bellwether has just issued a “briefing book” called “The State of the Charter School Movement” which “reviews the current state of play of the charter […]
September 9, 2015
Cerf told the school board and members of the public at the meeting that he was “unalterably, authentically, and completely committed” to local control. He […]
September 8, 2015
Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger runs the numbers: Let’s start with the kids. At last count, 26 percent of Newark students attended charter schools, a […]
September 8, 2015
“My fellow [Newark Teachers Union] members: we are in a war; we are a labor union. We will act like a labor union at war; […]
September 3, 2015
Speaking of Newark, earlier this week the New York Times ran a front-page feature on Mayor Ras Baraka that celebrates him as a practical and […]
September 3, 2015
Newark students started school today in an atmosphere that appears to be a marked contrast to the agitation and unrest last year. The Record reports […]