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April 4, 2019
After I read North Jersey Media Group’s (NJMG) voluminous series called “Millions of Your Tax Dollars Have Disappeared Into NJ’s Flawed Charter School Experiment,” I […]
April 2, 2019
Lamont Repollet and the 64 Floor: How Did He Raise Asbury Park’s Graduation Rate? Let’s Do the Math.
When Governor Phil Murphy appointed then-Asbury Park Superintendent Lamont Repollet as New Jersey Commissioner of Education in 2018, he cited the “dramatic” increase in the […]
March 28, 2019
On Tuesday, April 16th, Newark voters will select three School Board members. For the fourth consecutive year there is a slate of three candidates, once […]
March 26, 2019
“When someone shows you who they are,” said Maya Angelou, “believe them the first time.” This would have been good advice for Education Commissioner Lamont […]
March 25, 2019
What happens when schools, regardless of governance, work together to enrich student learning? This happens: a “Hackathon,” born through a collaboration between KIPP Lanning Square […]
March 21, 2019
I was a school board member for twelve years, including nine years as president. I thought I’d seen it all, including fraught negotiations with unions. […]