June 21, 2022
L.A. Parker of the Trentonian says nothing has changed at Trenton Central High School since 2005 when Mayor Doug Palmer said to a crowd of […]
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June 14, 2022
At a Goldman Sachs conference in April of 2017, a month before Phil Murphy declared his candidacy for New Jersey governor, a former governor’s wife […]
June 3, 2022
Late yesterday Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan sent a letter to Newark’s University Heights Charter School that decreed, based on “subjective conclusions reported from one […]
May 12, 2022
‘Doing Less Was Not an Option.’ How One New Jersey Charter School Kept Kids Learning No Matter What.
Note: Achievers Early College Prep is one of seven high-performing public charters with previously-approved expansions that the Murphy Administration’s Education Department recently reversed. Currently 90 […]
May 2, 2022
Over the last six weeks NJ Education Report has interviewed Trenton and Newark mothers to assess their reactions to the Murphy Administration’s decision to revoke […]
April 12, 2022
Yesterday the New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee held a hearing on Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed $48.9 billion budget and, at least briefly, K-12 education was […]
April 8, 2022
Last week Newark Public Schools District reported the alarming news that, based on results from internal assessments, only 6% of students will meet expectations in […]
March 3, 2022
Amy Ruck Kagan, formerly head of the New Jersey Department of Education Charter School Office,is vice president of Authorizer Engagement & Advancement at the National […]
March 1, 2022
In early February 2022, Gov. Murphy’s Department of Education abruptly denied the long-planned expansion of two high-performing public charter schools in Trenton, NJ. In this […]
March 1, 2022
Gov. Phil Murphy doesn’t understand why urban charter school parents are furious with him. Multiple outlets, from The Star-Ledger to the Washington Post (yours truly […]
February 25, 2022
Gov. Phil Murphy loves to preach about his quest for a “stronger and fairer New Jersey” but, if recent events are any indication, he’s talking […]
February 23, 2022
In response to the recent expansion denials of top performing public charter schools, including one of the best charter schools in the nation, parents, students […]