This heart-breaking comment was posted earlier today. From a commenter named “Debra.” While the Camden City School District has been focused on their charter school acquisition frenzy, students in the District are going without drinking water. Yes, drinking water. Problems that you usually would associate with places like Haiti and Liberia. This is occurring RIGHT NOW … Continue reading Community Voice: Camden Students Without Drinking Water…
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Here’s a release from the Education Law Center on Enrollment by Camden’s new Renaissance Schools. NEW CAMDEN CHARTERS: 1ST YEAR ENROLLMENTS RAISE RED FLAGS March 9, 2015 Mastery and Uncommon charter schools, which opened in Camden in September, failed to meet enrollment projections for their first year of operation by 15% and … Continue reading Education Law Center: Red Flags in Camden…
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I just wanted to share with you this press release on public meetings to discuss struggling schools. The Courier-Post picked up highlights and ran an article about this yesterday. More thoughts to come. PRESS RELEASESuperintendent Rouhanifard and Mayor Redd announce community meetings to discuss opportunities to better serve students in most-struggling schoolsConversations to explore how … Continue reading Press Release: Mayor and Superintendent to Host Discussions over Struggling Schools…
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More voices from last week’s State of the City post:Matt: I was really interested in this line:“But what drew them was the neighborhoods, the dives, the mystique of Camden’s history and the remnants of its dignity and majesty. What drew them was the quirks and beauty of the city’s neighborhoods and its people.”I wonder about how … Continue reading Community Voice: Beauty, History and a call for a People’s State of the City…
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I wanted to pull these comments, with permission, from Mahdi Ibn Ziyad who published them on Facebook in response to my post about the State of the City: Why not call for special and separate public school governing authorities for black community, Latino, Asian communities and the increasing new white demographic caused by gentrification of the … Continue reading Community Voice: Special and Separate Elections for Camden…
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I wanted to pull up this comment from last week’s post on the State of the City: Tom Knoche*: Good piece, Stephen. Not mentioned, however, is the role that Cooper’s Ferry Partnership plays in the Camden scene. It is the central body of powerful people in our region that works to set the development agenda. It is … Continue reading Community Voice: More on Cooper’s Ferry…
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