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April 25, 2014
By Laura Waters at April 25, 2014
Topic
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  • State

New WHYY post: New Camden Charter Schools Provoke Specious Allegations

Just up at WHYY’s Newsworks: Is the opening of more charter schools in Camden City a cause for celebration or legal action? If you ask […]
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April 17, 2014
By Laura Waters at April 17, 2014
Topic
  • DOE News
  • News
  • State

A Very Bad Week for NJ’s Interdistrict Public School Choice Program

It’s been a bad week for NJ’s Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, a highly-acclaimed program that allows students to attend schools outside district boundaries. Schools […]
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March 25, 2014
By Laura Waters at March 25, 2014
Topic
  • DOE News
  • State

NJ DOE Double-Dippers Amidst NJ’s Pension Woes

Speaking of salaries, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports on an investigation from New Jersey Watchdog that found that an obscure unit of the NJ Department of […]
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March 21, 2014
By Laura Waters at March 21, 2014
Topic
  • DOE News
  • State

From NACSA: “Growing Great [Charter] Schools in New Jersey

This week the National Association of Charter School Authorizers issued a case study of New Jersey’s charter school environment called “Growing Great Schools in New […]
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March 20, 2014
By Laura Waters at March 20, 2014
Topic
  • Camden
  • DOE News
  • Newark
  • State

What Newark Can Learn From Camden

Here’s the first part of my column today at Newsworks WHYY:  Everyone’s talking about the political upheaval in Newark as Ras Baraka and Shavar Jeffries […]
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February 25, 2014
By Laura Waters at February 25, 2014
Topic
  • DOE News
  • Newark
  • State

Cami Anderson’s Proposal to Use Teacher Quality as the Basis for Lay-offs of 1,000 Newark Teachers

As you all no doubt know by now, Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson has submitted a waiver to the NJ Department of Education to allow her […]
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February 20, 2014
By Laura Waters at February 20, 2014
Topic
  • DOE News
  • State

New WHYY column: Who Will Christie Choose to Replace Cerf?

Read it here: Last week New Jersey Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf announced that he was leaving the Department of Education to head a new educational […]
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January 28, 2014
By Laura Waters at January 28, 2014
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  • DOE News
  • News
  • State

NJ 2013 School Performance Reports Just Released

The NJ Department of Education just released the 2013 School Performance Reports. From the press release: “New Jersey has one of the best public school […]
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December 20, 2013
By Laura Waters at December 20, 2013
Topic
  • Camden
  • DOE News
  • Newark
  • News
  • State

Think Camden’s High School Students are Underprepared for College? Look at Newark’s Weequahic

Lots of news this week about Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson’s plan, entitled One Newark Portfolio Plan,  to reorganize the city’s public schools,. Those plans include […]
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December 17, 2013
By Laura Waters at December 17, 2013
Topic
  • DOE News
  • News
  • State

NJ DOE Uncountable at Special Education Accountability Hearing

Yesterday the Assembly Education Committee heard testimony from the state auditor and New Jersey School Boards Association about the lack of fiscal accountability at NJ’s […]
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