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