March 19, 2015
It starts here: Last week, the Paterson Charter School of Science and Technology held its annual enrollment lottery. There were 1,437 applicants for 99 openings, […]
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March 9, 2015
New Jersey School Boards President Larry Feinsod reacts to Gov. Christie’s pension and health benefits reform plan, specifically the proposal to shift pension premium payments […]
March 6, 2015
It starts here: “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop,” said pragmatist Herbert Stein, and the New Jersey public employee pension system appears […]
February 27, 2015
(Note: a modified version of this post appears at WHYY Newsworks.) On Tuesday evening, just before the start of the Camden City Public Schools board […]
February 25, 2015
Gov. Christie gave his budget address yesterday afternoon and the big news was what he described as a “historic agreement” with NJEA intended to alleviate […]
February 12, 2015
Trenton Public Schools announced this week that it will lay off 113 teaching positions in order to try to close a $19 million budget gap.. […]
February 9, 2015
Today’s Wall Street Journal features an fiery editorial by Eva Moskowitz, founder of the widely-acclaimed Success Academy Charter Schools, about the “big lie” that NYC […]
February 5, 2015
It starts here: New Jersey State Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan’s (D-South Plainfield) new opt-out-of-testing proposal, A-4165, guts the ability of parents, teachers, schools, and the state […]
January 30, 2015
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released its sixth annual report this week that ranks state charter laws. (See Ann Whalen for an overview.) […]
January 22, 2015
It starts here: “It’s a great program,” says New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney. It “meets an important need, and it does so utilizing New […]
January 9, 2015
New Jersey has never been the go-to state for public school choice. Our public school infrastructure consists of almost 600 school districts, accessible only through […]
January 8, 2015
It starts here: The nation’s atwitter about a potential Republican nomination brawl between Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, as well as a posse of Tea […]