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Survey Finds Newarkers Support School Choice
By TAPinto Newark, An overwhelming majority of Newarkers support more school choice, including more public charter schools, according to a survey of Newark residents released Tuesday. The survey, commissioned by the New Jersey Children’s Foundation, polled 516 registered Newark voters Sept. 6-9 on a wide variety of questions about education in Newark. The survey was conducted by Change Research….Read More…
Should the Opinions of “National Pundits” Outweigh the Opinions of Newark Residents on Charter Schools? A New Poll Reveals a Stark Difference.
By Laura Waters for NJ Left Behind, “Contrary to what you may hear in the national narrative, there is a lot of public support for the historic progress Newark has made. Newark voters are still looking for more quality school options, and they broadly support public charter schools as part of the solution. We should…Read More…
Nearly two-thirds of Newark voters approve of charter schools, poll shows
By Patrick Wall, On the national stage, charter schools remain deeply divisive. But in Newark, where more than one in three students attend charters, a majority of voters support the schools, according to a new poll. By a two-to-one margin, respondents said they agreed with the statement that “public charter schools are an important part…Read More…
New Poll of Newark Voters Shows Strong Support for School Improvement
October 1, 2019 New Poll of Newark Voters Shows Strong Support for School Improvement Poll Shows Newarkers Feel Public Schools Are Improving, Strongly Support Charter Schools and Parent Choice View Poll Results Here: http://bit.ly/2oYsEb3 NEWARK – According to a new poll from Change Research and the New Jersey Children’s Foundation, Newark voters strongly support many…Read More…
Newarkers’ Views on Key Education Issues
New Poll of Newark Voters Shows Strong Support for School Improvement By New Jersey Children’s Foundation According to a new poll from Change Research and the New Jersey Children’s Foundation, Newark voters strongly support many of the improvements that have taken place in the City, and want to see more of them. This poll builds…Read More…
Newark Parents: Still looking for the right school for your child?
If you are looking for a quality school for your child, many Newark charter schools still have seats available! Despite what you may have heard at one of Newark’s enrollment centers, you can still enroll in one of several public charter schools that have seats available. These schools are free, available to all Newark families,…Read More…
Blog Post: A heartfelt hot take on desegregation, charter schools, and Newark from Haneef Auguste.
By Kyle Rosenkrans In the ivory tower debate over hot button education policy issues, we sometimes forget to appeal to common sense and the very practical concerns faced by everyday parents. While we debate research, parents have to make decisions about their children’s education right now. They have to maximize the world as it is,…Read More…
Blog Post: 3 Takeaways for Newark from Recent Report on Camden Educational Progress
By Kyle Rosenkrans This week, The Newark Star-Ledger editorial board published an editorial highlighting a recent report on academic progress in Camden. Here’s what we take away from it and what we think it means for Newark: City education systems can evolve into a mix of district schools and charter/renaissance schools and deliver a net…Read More…
Newark’s schools have clearly improved, researcher says. But why?
By Jesse Margolis, As Cory Booker campaigns for president, many are asking: have the schools in Newark improved since he was elected mayor in 2006? In a study my co-author Eli Groves and I released, we find the answer to be yes. Since 2006, public school students in Newark have made substantial gains along a number of…Read More…
Newark schools — traditional and charter — have made big gains since 2006, new report shows
By Patrick Wall, School closures, mass protests, and a boom in charter schools — the past decade was a tumultuous one for Newark schools. Yet, today, Newark students are better off academically than they were before. That’s the conclusion of a new report that looks at test scores and graduation rates at Newark’s traditional and charter schools…Read More…