From my column today at WHYY Newsworks: This is not Jersey’s best week. Revelations from Bridgegate, along with the peculiar backroom statecraft that spawned the
How much airtime did Gov. Christie devote to education in his State of the State speech yesterday afternoon? The whole megillah was 4,213 words. (Here’s
Mashea Aston, CEO of the Newark Public School Fund, explains the district’s new system of universal enrollment among charter schools and traditional schools (Huffington Post):
There’s lots of chatter about Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson’s plan to close some of the city schools, although none more strident than the rhetoric from
Lots of news this week about Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson’s plan, entitled One Newark Portfolio Plan, to reorganize the city’s public schools,. Those plans include
In an hour Newark will begin its “National Day of Action to Reclaim Promise of Public Education” when a coterie of teacher union supporters gather
Tom Moran considers Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson’s decision to create a “universal enrollment plan”for the city’s charter schools and traditional schools. Currently aspiring charter school
Newark Public Schools announced a new initiative earlier this week: traditional public schools and charter schools will collaborate on a universal enrollment plan. Parents fill
from Shavar Jeffries, Newark mayoral hopeful: “38 murders in the South Ward this year and now you want a promotion? Really?” PolitickerNJ explains that the
courtesy of Southward Councilman Ras Baraka, aspiring mayor of Newark, regarding the NJ Department of Education’s ongoing control of Newark Public Schools: “The takeover of