Students with Disabilities Archives - Page 36 of 40 - NJ Education Report
June 14, 2019
By Laura Waters at June 14, 2019
Topic

People’s Prep Celebrates! Founder Jess Rooney Explains Her Work With Students Who Enter Years Behind Grade Level.

Last week I interviewed Jess Rooney, founder of People’s Prep, the only charter school in Newark without a “feeder,” i.e., an elementary and/or middle school […]
Do you like it?
Read more
June 13, 2019
By Laura Waters at June 13, 2019
Topic

New Newark Report: Improvements in Academic Growth for Children in Both District and Charter Schools But There’s More Work To Do.

The New Jersey Children’s Foundation (NJCF) just issued an analysis called “A New Baseline: Progress in Newark’s District and Charter Schools from 2006 to 2018,” […]
Do you like it?
Read more
May 30, 2019
By Laura Waters at May 30, 2019
Topic

“If We Can’t Look In the Mirror and Think We’re Doing the Right Thing, Then We Need To Change What We’re Doing.”

Today’s New York Times has a story about a two-year-old named Skylar Jones born in 2014 with a “common and treatable” heart defect. She was […]
Do you like it?
Read more
April 9, 2019
By Laura Waters at April 9, 2019
Topic

Here’s A Leaked Memo From the NJ DOE’s Assistant Commissioner When She Directed Special Education in Asbury Park.

The memo below is from the New Jersey Department of Education’s Assistant Commissioner of Student Services, Carolyn Marano. It was written while she was Director of […]
Do you like it?
Read more
March 26, 2019
By Laura Waters at March 26, 2019
Topic

People Show You Who They Are, Including The Head of Student Services At The New Jersey Department of Education. New Info From Asbury Park.

“When someone shows you who they are,” said Maya Angelou, “believe them the first time.” This would have been good advice for  Education Commissioner Lamont […]
Do you like it?
Read more