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

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

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