A colleague recently called me and asked what concrete steps I think, as an educator, we need to be taking with our students. I thought about that conversation when I read this article from Danielle Austin from the Building Bridges program at Hopeworks: Krystle Cook moved into the CRIB after discovering that she did not … Continue reading What Can We Do to Make Students’ Lives Easier?…
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With news that 10 Uncommon and Mastery Schools have been approved for Camden, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that the Camden School District is being dishonest with the Camden residents. The district has repeatedly assured parents and students that traditional schools were not closing or at risk. That’s simply not possible with close to 7,000 students … Continue reading The School District Won’t Say It, but Camden Schools Are Closing…
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie recently issued an executive order to study new PARCC tests being implemented in New Jersey. This is good news and bad news; it represents Christie’s first flinch in his march towards education reform, but it also came about because of a back room deal with State Senate President Steve Sweeney to … Continue reading Circumventing Democracy…
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Matt Katz put together an excellent article on NJ Governor Chris Christie’s involvement in Camden. I want to excerpt that here, along with a few notes. First, Katz hits a big theme, that of using a city as an “experiment” and “laboratory:” The unanimous vote was remarkable in that it is yet another indication that … Continue reading What I’m Reading: Why is Chris Christie in Camden?…
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With Holtec claiming it may hire 3,000 in Camden, I think it’s worth stepping back and discussing the broader waterfront development strategy. The Holtec deal may end up being significantly better than the 76ers deal. Indeed, I hope it is. But that doesn’t mean that continuing to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate … Continue reading Guest Post: Critiquing the Waterfront Development Strategy…
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Update: Here’s the actual show. I’ll try to do a roundup of the show and the fact-checking on Twitter tomorrow: Radio Times on WHYY is running an hour long show today (July 16th) from 11am-12pm on the “State of Public Schools in Camden.” It’s part of a media blitz that the School District is doing … Continue reading Call In for the “State of Camden Public Schools” on Radio Times (11am)…
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