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Newark charter schools aren’t just good. They’re ‘incredibly high performing,’ according to a new study.
By Kyle Rosenkrans for The Star-Ledger, Facts, science, and truth matter more today than ever, as the public swims in a polluted ocean of “fake news” and stealthy misinformation campaigns to sway their opinion. Groups traffic in pseudoscience and bad data to sway advocates to take action — and sometimes those groups get big and…Read More…
First-of-its-Kind Study By Boston University Researcher Finds Newark Charters Among The Most Impactful Education Approaches Studied
***For Immediate Release*** January 15th, 2020 Contact: press@njchildren.org FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND STUDY BY BOSTON UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER FINDS NEWARK CHARTERS AMONG THE MOST IMPACTFUL EDUCATION APPROACHES STUDIED Study Finds Attending Newark Charters Causes “Large” and “Sustained” Improvement for Students NEWARK – A local non-profit foundation is celebrating the release of a new study by a researcher at Boston…Read More…
Letter from NJCF re: Newark Charter Renewal Applications
The NJ Children’s Foundation submitted the following letter to the New Jersey Department of Education expressing vehement disagreement with the four letters submitted by the Newark school district last week. These four letters opposed the renewal applications submitted by four Newark charter schools. NJ Children’s Foundation is committed to speaking out on this issue, and…Read More…
NEWARK CHARTER SCHOOLS RENEW PARTICIPATION IN CITYWIDE COMMON ENROLLMENT SYSTEM FOR SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
***For Immediate Release*** Tuesday, December 17, 2019 Contact: press@njchildren.org NEWARK CHARTER SCHOOLS RENEW PARTICIPATION IN CITYWIDE COMMON ENROLLMENT SYSTEM FOR SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR Despite Major Policy Questions, 11 of 11 Newark Charters Renew Participation in System that Gives Parents Choice Of Public Schools In One, Easy-To-Use Tool NEWARK – Today, a local non-profit applauded the…Read More…
Report Finds Fourth Straight Year of Gains for Newark Students
By TAPinto Newark, NEWARK, NJ – Newark public school students posted a fourth consecutive year of improved results on New Jersey state tests–with the city’s charter school sector continuing to stand out, according to a new report. The report by the New Jersey Children’s Foundation found that the citywide average of math and reading test…Read More…
Newark Students “Show The Rest of the State What is Possible”: A New Analysis Reveals Four Straight Years of Citywide Improvements for Children.
By Laura Waters for NJ Left Behind, “The bottom line is that a larger share of Newark kids are reading and doing math on grade level again this year, and in so doing, they show the rest of the state and the country what’s possible. “ That’s Kyle Rosenkrans, Executive Director of the New Jersey Children’s…Read More…
STATE TESTS SHOW 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR OF IMPROVEMENT FOR NEWARK’S CITYWIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
STATE TESTS SHOW 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR OF IMPROVEMENT FOR NEWARK’S CITYWIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM Newark’s Charter Sector Beats NJ State Average for Second Consecutive Year NEWARK, NJ – According to a local foundation’s analysis, Newark public school students posted a fourth consecutive year of improved results on New Jersey state tests–with the city’s charter school…Read More…
Cory Booker: Stop Being Dogmatic About Public Charter Schools
By Cory A Booker for The New York Times, About 15 years ago, when I was living in Brick Towers, a high-rise, low-income housing community in Newark’s Central Ward, a neighbor stopped me and told me about how her child’s public school was failing its students, like many others in our area at the time….Read More…
Newarkers support ‘controversial’ school reforms, and this poll proves it: education advocate
Posted OnOctober 15, 2019 byBy Kyle Rosenkrans for NJ.com, If all you read was national news, you’d think that the Newark school system was a mess. Not so. But rarely have those national observers asked a broad cross section of the people what they actually think. Instead, they tend to cherry pick interviews with a few local gadflys and…Read More…
Analysis: New Newark Poll Shows Majority of City’s Voters Favor School Options and Charter Schools. Democratic Presidential Candidates Need to Pay Attention
By Laura Waters for The 74, Anew poll sponsored by the New Jersey Children’s Foundation reveals that the majority of Newark voters support public charter schools. That’s not terribly surprising: The state’s largest district has one of the best charter sectors in the country. In 2018, for the first time, Newark charter students beat the state proficiency rate…Read More…