NJCF Blog Post
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…
$1M to Accelerate Outcomes for Exceptional Learners
The New Jersey Children’s Foundation (NJCF) puts kids at the forefront of our mission, no matter what school they attend. We support both district and charter schools to help students live better lives and access greater opportunities. That is why we are so excited to announce our biggest grant project yet–a $1 million program entitled…Read More…
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…