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Lessons Learned From Two Years of Running a Common Enrollment System for Newark Charters
Now that we are in our third year of running a common enrollment system that serves over 20,000 charter students in the City of Newark, we are ready to share our data, what we’ve learned, and what we’re looking forward to in the future. First, let’s remember what we aimed to do when we started:…Read More…
Amid charter-district dispute over enrollment, new Newark nonprofit looks to play ‘diplomacy role’
By Patrick Wall, As some Newark charter schools clash with the district over their shared enrollment system, a new charter-friendly nonprofit is hoping to play peacemaker. The head of the New Jersey Children’s Foundation, a Newark-based nonprofit that launched last week with a goal of fostering district-charter collaboration, said he will try to help ease the tension…Read More…
Social Justice Activist Leads New Education Foundation in Newark
By KEI-SYGH THOMAS NEWARK, NJ – Growing up in Sussex County, Kyle Rosenkrans always knew he was going to college because of his mother. She attended college for one semester but returned home to find a job when the family couldn’t afford the tuition. She wanted a different life for her son, one she decided education…Read More…
“It’s Time To Step Away from the Zero-Sum Politics Around District and Charter Schools”: An Interview with Kyle Rosenkrans:
By Laura Waters This week I interviewed Kyle Rosenkrans, the executive director of a newly-launched nonprofit called New Jersey Children’s Foundation (NJCF). Rosenkrans, a Jersey native, plans to initiate a fact-based discussion about public education in Newark and, in doing so, encourage stakeholders to move away from the “zero-sum politics” that have characterized the growth of…Read More…
New group seeks to promotes Newark public education succeess
By NJ Globe Staff, A new non-profit organization will look to show Newark as a national model for how a city can move beyond acrimonious us-versus-them education reform politics to allow public and charter schools to work together. The New Jersey Children’s Foundation plans to focus on finding a consistent, fact-based discussion about student outcomes without…Read More…
Can Newark’s district, charter schools work together? New nonprofit thinks so
For much of the past decade, the headlines coming out of Newark Public Schools have been about the rancor between die-hard loyalists of traditional public schools and education reformers, many of whom are viewed as outsiders rather than part of the community.
While tension between advocates of traditional and charter schools remains, the noise has subsided considerably. In the roughly 15 months since regaining local control, the state’s largest school district has installed its own superintendent, a homegrown educator who himself is a product of the city’s school system.Read More…
New Non-Profit Launches With “Bullish” Outlook on Newark’s Education Future
As public education in Newark undergoes another major transition, a new non-profit organization is launching with a bold vision for what’s possible. The organization, named the New Jersey Children’s Foundation (NJCF), intends to show the rest of the nation that cities can move past the acrimony and us-versus-them politics of education reform to create systems of district and charter schools working together to improve opportunities for ALL children.Read More…
Shhh. Here’s a secret, education advocate says. Newark’s schools are actually doing really well.
The national media can’t stop talking about Cory Booker’s record as a champion for Newark’s public schools — but too many get the story flat wrong. “Cory Booker has a school choice problem,” writes New York Magazine. The Los Angeles Times says Booker’s past support for charter schools “could shadow” Booker’s campaign. And Vox writes that “reform opponents and supporters fight bitterly to this day about whether Booker’s overhaul failed or succeeded.”Read More…