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February 12, 2015
By Laura Waters at February 12, 2015
Topic
  • Camden
  • DOE News
  • State

New Newsworks Post: Contrary to Recent Reports, Camden Isn’t Using a “Graduation Loophole”

It starts here: On Monday the Courier-Post asserted that Camden Public Schools conceals an “eye-popping” and “unique” percentage of high school seniors who graduate through […]
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February 6, 2015
By Laura Waters at February 6, 2015
Topic
  • Camden
  • DOE News
  • State

Camden Update: “Our Students Have the Potential to Change the World”

I graduated from Camden schools, and the quality of the education my children were getting has been far below what I received. I’m glad that […]
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January 30, 2015
By Laura Waters at January 30, 2015
Topic
  • DOE News
  • State

What’s Wrong with New Jersey’s Charter School Law?

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released its sixth annual report this week that ranks state charter laws. (See Ann Whalen for an overview.) […]
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November 13, 2014
By Laura Waters at November 13, 2014
Topic
  • DOE News
  • State

Big Ed Reform News in N.J.: Appellate Court Denies Education Law Center and Save Our Schools-NJ’s Argument that Successful Charter Schools Can’t Expand

The big education reform news in New Jersey yesterday was the release of an Appellate Court ruling in litigation pressed by Education Law Center and Save […]
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November 11, 2014
By Laura Waters at November 11, 2014
Topic
  • DOE News
  • State

N.J. Charter School Students “Demonstrate Growth” for Five Consecutive Years

As New Jersey’s latest standardized test scores come out slowly from the State, the N.J. Charter School Association issued a press release that highlights the […]
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October 21, 2014
By Laura Waters at October 21, 2014
Topic
  • DOE News
  • State

New NJ Spotlight Column: N.J.’s Teacher Unions: Implosion, Irrelevance, or Evolution?

It starts here: Last Thursday, the New Jersey Senate Education Committee heard testimony on Sen. Teresa Ruiz’s new charter school bill. One of the lobbyists […]
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October 10, 2014
By Laura Waters at October 10, 2014
Topic
  • DOE News
  • State

New Newsworks Post: N.J.’s Sickly, Restrictive Charter School Law

It starts here: Last week the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) published a new study, “The Health of the Public Charter School Movement: […]
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October 9, 2014
By Laura Waters at October 9, 2014
Topic
  • DOE News
  • State

Guest Editorial: Leader of a Shuttered N.J. Charter School Slams D.O.E.’s Oversight

[Editor’s Note: This is an editorial by Lorna Hassel, Founder and Director of Renaissance Regional Leadership Charter School in Pemberton (Burlington County). Renaissance Regional, along […]
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September 5, 2014
By Laura Waters at September 5, 2014
Topic
  • Camden
  • DOE News
  • State

Oy Vey Department: Save Our Schools Sues N.J.’s Ed Comm. For Permitting School Choice in Camden

Save Our Schools is suing New Jersey Commissioner of Education David Hespe for approving the applications of  two highly-regarded charter school organizations, Mastery and Uncommon, […]
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July 24, 2014
By Laura Waters at July 24, 2014
Topic
  • DOE News
  • Newark
  • State

Newark’s Misdirected Civil Rights Complaint

Both NJ Spotlight and the Star-Ledger have stories today on the federal investigation of a civil rights complaint filed by Newark advocates regarding the closure […]
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