October 21, 2010
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board worries today that the recent surge in applications for new charter schools – a record 51 at last count — will […]
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October 19, 2010
Bob Braun of the Star-Ledger has drunk the kool-aid. Here’s his favorite take on Michelle Rhee’s resignation and the news that Harlem Children’s Zone, the […]
October 12, 2010
Let’s start with something we can all agree with: some of NJ’s public schools are great and some stink. The worst schools are usually in […]
October 5, 2010
Education Law Center announced last week that it would sue both Mayor Cory Booker and Governor Chris Christie if either makes a decision regarding the […]
October 1, 2010
Lady Liberty Academy Charter School in Newark, a K-8 school with 456 kids (273 are on the waiting list), is the subject of a 4-page […]
October 1, 2010
Bob Braun of the Star-Ledger is currently in high dudgeon over criticisms of NJ’s poor urban school districts, taking umbrage at “Newark bashing” by Gov. […]
September 29, 2010
How many in Newark know that our principal contracts only call for 29 [work] hours per week?We’re going to have a massive community organizing effort […]
September 24, 2010
Everyone’s abuzz over Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s donation of $100 million to Newark Public Schools on the condition that the State turn over control to […]
September 24, 2010
From NJ DOE 2008-2009 Data:Team Academy Charter School: 1,800North Star Academy Charter School: 1,775Lady Liberty Charter School: 273Robert Treat Academy: 1,047Marion P. Thomas Charter School: […]
July 20, 2010
Five Democrats are sponsoring legislation that would give Rutgers University the authority to approve new charter schools. Right now only the DOE has that authority, […]
June 1, 2010
There’s another one of those heart-breaking articles about impoverished school children getting shafted by state budget cuts. This one’s (in The Record) about the NJ […]
May 26, 2010
John Mooney at NJ Spotlight profiles the charter school that NJ Education Commissioenr Bret Schundler started, the Golden Door in Jersey City. While it has […]