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June 6, 2013
Why is famed Governor Chris Christie turning a blind eye toward Chris Cerf's decision to overturn the Department's previous decision to permit two virtual charter schools to open? Read more »
June 5, 2013
New Jerseyans have sadly never had an opportunity to witness the benefit of a truly statewide charter school environment that helps children succeed, all schools improve and educators thrive. Unlike most other states, New Jersey law rests all authority to approve and vet charter school applications with the state Commissioner of Education. Read more »
May 30, 2013
Let’s find ways to offer more options that address local needs, rather than invite a top-down response to an issue that has more to do with our lack of rigor generally in schools than a lack of workforce related skills being taught. Read more »
May 10, 2013
Julie Collier, Executive Director of Parents Advocate League, shares her story of why she fights so hard for change in education during teacher appreciation week: Dear Ms. M., As our family takes time during Teacher Appreciation Week to celebrate the teachers that have blessed our children, we are reminded how truly important the profession of [...] Read more »
May 7, 2013
Newswire: Tuesday May 7, 2013 SPECIAL EDITION WHY NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOLS WEEK IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE by Jeanne Allen “People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.” –Oliver Goldsmith (‘In other words, self-reflection is essential but seeing others exhibit characteristics or actions that are worth learning from is [...] Read more »
April 24, 2013
A fantastic opinion piece by education reform pioneer T. Willard Fair appeared on Tallahassee.com on April 19, 2013: There has long been a troubling attitude in our society about low-income parents. Put bluntly, it goes like this: Poor people make poor parents. Of course, folks in proper circles usually don’t come right out and say [...] Read more »
April 22, 2013
Solve the education problem, teach students about their nation's founding, its economic model and what we should and shouldn't expect government to do for us, and you achieve financial literacy. Read more »
March 5, 2013
The reality is that while school and school district bean counters most likely know for certain what money they have, what funds they might lose and how, the US Education Secretary clearly doesn't, and superintendents and school board officials aren't saying. After all, it's easier to create a problem than a solution. Read more »
February 14, 2013
In light of this week’s State of the Union and a renewed focus on how to fix our educational deficiencies, it’s time for us all to engage in a little history lesson. This spring will mark 30 years since A Nation at Risk was issued.
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February 12, 2013
February 12, 2013 To the Editor: Regarding “More Lessons About Charter Schools” (Feb. 1), the conclusions of the report covered in the editorial are based on misguided methodology criticized by well-regarded researchers, at the heart of which are comparisons of school performance across states, which have uneven and varying definitions and levels of standards and [...] Read more »
