NCJF Blog Post
If We Can Agree on This, We Can Agree on So Much More.
Posted OnDecember 12, 2023 byIt’s not every day that you get the teachers’ union and the charter schools to agree on something. But they did recently on a very important topic: how to get more teachers into classrooms. Both groups successfully urged Governor Murphy to sign legislation to kill New Jersey’s “basic skills test” for teachers. The problem was that…Read More…
A Major Milestone.
Newark Common App, the new, state-of-the art school enrollment platform in Newark, recently passed a major milestone: releasing the initial round of school matches for the 2023-24 school year to all Newark families who applied by the March 6 deadline. Newarkers demanded an easier, more transparent and equitable school enrollment process – and in its…Read More…
A Successful Start For Newark Common App.
I promised I’d have more to say about our exciting new enrollment system Newark Common App and now that we’ve completed the initial phase of the application process (after extending the March 3 deadline to March 6) I think it’s a good time to take stock of our initial results. Just to review, Newark Common App is…Read More…