Community Voice: Camden’s Story Getting Out

Keith Benson’s at it again. The author of the most read blog post on this site, and the first community guest to write here, has a post with national education blogger Edushyster. That post, titled Greetings from Scamden, NJ addresses key issues of local disempowerment. One of the reasons I’ve started this blog is that I thought … Continue reading Community Voice: Camden’s Story Getting Out…

Posted March 4, 2014, by Stephen Danley in Camden, Community Voice, Local Knowledge.

Camden Chatter: Locked out of the Board of Ed

“Camden Chatter” is a series of blog posts by Rutgers-Camden Ph.D. Candidate Christopher Wheeler on the “chatter” on social media about Camden. Here are his thoughts on the past week’s top stories: Share it!

Posted February 3, 2014, by Stephen Danley in Camden, Camden Chatter, Community Voice, Local Knowledge.

Community Voice: A Retired Teacher Speaks Out

We’ve had a lot of discussion here about education policy over the last few weeks, so I thought it was important to share this letter from a former teacher (who asked to remain anonymous) because it speaks of the day-to-day. Too often that gets lost in policy discussions. I found it both heartbreaking and inspiring: … Continue reading Community Voice: A Retired Teacher Speaks Out…

Posted January 31, 2014, by Stephen Danley in Camden, Community Voice.

Community Voice: 100-Percent Pre-School Enrollment a Good Thing?

This was shared in the comments by a poster called “Camden Teacher,” I thought it deserved it’s own post. If other folks have information on policy from the new strategic plan, please pass it along via email or in the comments section: Just to clarify: the Abbott decisions brought universal preschool to Camden nearly 15 … Continue reading Community Voice: 100-Percent Pre-School Enrollment a Good Thing?…

Posted January 30, 2014, by Stephen Danley in Camden, Community Voice, Local Knowledge.

Community Voice: This Was All Planned

Yesterday, Keith Benson’s post on the Camden education debate brought a lot of folks here. Welcome! It was also a landmark day for the Local Knowledge blog – it was our first guest post from a local teacher, and first guest post from a Camden resident. Thanks! I received a lot of wonderful feedback (some … Continue reading Community Voice: This Was All Planned…

Posted January 14, 2014, by Stephen Danley in Camden, Community Voice.

Community Voice: An Educator on Camden Schools

I’m pleased to introduce Keith Benson, a Camden High teacher and Camden resident. You can find him on twitter at @CamdenEANJ. Keith is frustrated that local media (particularly the Inky and Courier-Post) haven’t accepted teachers’ op-eds on Camden’s public education story. I asked him if he would be willing to contribute his take here. A … Continue reading Community Voice: An Educator on Camden Schools…

Posted January 13, 2014, by Stephen Danley in Camden, Community Voice.