August 22, 2019
During the first weekend in August, Project Ready hosted the New Jersey Parent Summit (see here for an overview). I chatted with many parents and this is the […]
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August 19, 2019
During the first weekend in August, Project Ready hosted the New Jersey Parent Summit (see here for an overview) I chatted with many parents and […]
August 15, 2019
Last year I interviewed Tafshier Cosby-Thomas about her educational experiences in Newark, both as a student and a parent. At the time of that interview, […]
August 8, 2019
During this past weekend at the New Jersey Parent Summit (see here for an overview) I chatted with many parents. During the next two weeks […]
June 6, 2019
I stand corrected. Yesterday, in reporting on a rumor about the departure of Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet, I noted that “17 out of 55 leadership […]
August 20, 2018
Ubaidullah Jackson, who just turned seven years old, peers up at me with undisguised curiosity. I’m here to interview his mom, Shati Gerald, about why […]
August 16, 2018
“We in Trenton are adamantly opposed to charter school expansion,” Trenton Superintendent Dr. Fred McDowell said Wednesday at a community meeting on the subject. “We […]
August 16, 2018
This is a love story. Twelve years ago, Shiana Torres was a student at Essex County Community College. She had grown up in Summit, a […]
August 15, 2018
Jamila Jendayi-Scott, who attended Paterson Public Schools during the state takeover (from 1991 to this past May) and whose son attends the Paterson Arts and […]
August 11, 2018
I’m a sucker for word derivations. Did you know that the word “anger” is derived from an old Norse word meaning “grief?” What is grief? […]
August 11, 2018
I’ve attended the NJ Parent Summit for two of its three years. (Last year the Summit coincided with my daughter’s wedding.) This year, for the […]