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February 16, 2021

Camden Union President Flouts DOE Commissioner’s Request for Respect

Recently I published a piece about Camden Union President Keith Benson’s and Camden Superintendent Katrina McCombs’ meeting with New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner Angelica […]
February 8, 2021

COMMENTARY: Does Camden’s Teachers Union President Have the NJ Education Department in His Back Pocket?

This is part of an email Camden Education Association President Keith Benson sent late last week to his members (or possibly just CEA leaders). Here, […]
February 3, 2021

COMMENTARY: Will NJ’s New Ed Commissioner Plant Her Flag With Camden Families or Union Lobbyists?

Over the last two years I’ve documented the power New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) wields over the Murphy Administration and his Department of Education (DOE). […]
February 2, 2021

As Enrollment Nosedives, Camden City Schools District Proposes A Plan to Improve Learning Environments and Close a $40 Million Annual Deficit

Camden City Public Schools has proposed a plan designed by Superintendent Katrina McCombs and the school board that will close four schools –Sharp Elementary, Wiggins […]
November 17, 2020

Students are Collateral Damage In Camden Union Prez’s Fight to Save Union Jobs

Keith Benson, President of the Camden Education Association, has a petition on change.org demanding that NJEA “utilize its massive legal apparatus” to “challenge the legality” […]
February 21, 2020

Camden Councilwoman: “I Believe in the Transformation that is Taking Place in the City of my Birth,” Including Five Straight Years of Academic Improvement in Camden Schools.

This is a guest post by Felisha Reyes Morton who is a Camden Councilwoman (and first Latina to represent the 4th Ward since redistricting), co-founding […]