August 18, 2020
True confession: I didn’t watch the Democratic virtual convention last night. Currently I’m maintaining my mental health by mainlining “The West Wing,” sort of like […]
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August 4, 2020
Newark’s Newest Charter School Leader Is Well Equipped to Manage School Reopenings Amidst a Pandemic
“The key is a great team of committed professionals — even in the midst of a pandemic, even in the midst of uncertainty— so that […]
July 29, 2020
I’m all for safety. As the mom of four young adults (and the mother-in-law of two more), I worry about any of them contracting COVID-19, […]
July 13, 2020
This is a guest post by my boss and colleague Chris Stewart, the Chief Executive Officer of brightbeam. He is a lifelong activist and 20-year supporter […]
May 15, 2020
This is a guest post by Chris Stewart, the Chief Executive Officer of brightbeam. He was named CEO in April 2019, after formerly serving as […]
March 11, 2020
This just in from Politico: a group of “women leaders” is demanding that presumed-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden base his choice of his running mate […]
March 6, 2020
This post was originally published on Project Forever Free by its chief editor, my pal Erika Sanzi. Erika also blogs at Good School Hunting. She is a former […]
January 30, 2020
This is a guest post by Kyle Rosenkrans, founder and executive director of the New Jersey Children’s Foundation. Its mission is to invest in people, […]
January 29, 2020
What Happens When a Beloved Newark Charter School Is Threatened with Eviction? Ask Emma and Her Mom.
(This was originally published at Education Post.) Imagine that your 15-year-old daughter is enrolled in a public high school that you both chose for its […]
January 27, 2020
This is a guest post by David Osborne and Tressa Pankovits. Osbourne leads the K-12 education work of the Progressive Policy Institute. Pankovits is associate […]
January 7, 2020
Below is a letter sent late yesterday from the New Jersey Children’s Foundation expressing the non-profit’s “vehement disagreement with the four letters submitted by the […]
January 6, 2020
Last week Newark Superintendent Roger Leon wrote a letter to New Jersey Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet demanding that Repollet, NJ’s sole charter authorizer, not renew […]