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March 10, 2022

COMMENTARY: Hey, Pro-Murphy Anti-Charter Folk, Stop Using These Noble Kids To Push Your Corrupt Crusade

Monday’s Star-Ledger featured an op-ed by two wonderful equity warriors, Kelly Ribeiro and Jordan Victor Wallace, high school students who attend  New Jersey’s selective magnet […]
March 10, 2022

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW: Hundreds of Parents and Students to Rally at State Capital to Demand Support of Their Public Charters

Following February’s expansion denials of top-performing public charter schools, hundreds of parents and students, primarily families of color, from New Jersey’s public charter schools will […]
March 1, 2022

VIDEO: Trenton Parents Plead With Gov. Murphy to Allow Expansion of Top Charter Schools

In early February 2022, Gov. Murphy’s Department of Education abruptly denied the long-planned expansion of two high-performing public charter schools in Trenton, NJ. In this […]
March 1, 2022

COMMENTARY: Trenton Mothers Plead With Murphy, ‘Don’t Cut Our Children’s Wings’

Gov. Phil Murphy doesn’t understand why urban charter school parents are furious with him. Multiple outlets, from The Star-Ledger to the Washington Post (yours truly […]
February 23, 2022

NJ Parents and Children Protest Murphy’s Refusal To Allow Top-Tier Public Charters To Expand

In response to the recent expansion denials of top performing public charter schools, including one of the best charter schools in the nation, parents, students […]
February 23, 2022

New Poll: NJ Parents Seek Bold Changes In Education & More Academic Support for Students

JerseyCAN, a nonprofit advocating for high-quality schools for all New Jersey students, released today the most comprehensive statewide review of New Jersey public school parents’ […]
February 22, 2022

Murphy Chooses Cash Over Kids: A Look Behind A Trenton Charter School Denial

When Paul Robeson Charter School in Trenton received word that the Murphy Administration was rejecting its proposal to expand to serve students in grades K-2, […]