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Online educator adds two Newark charters to portfolio

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Online educator adds two Newark charters to portfolio Two proposed Newark charter schools once in doubt of ever opening have gotten a second life with the nation’s largest provider of online education, K12 Inc. A week after announcing enrollment was underway at one online-only charter school [...]

>NJ’s first virtual charter school a screen test for online learning

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NJ’s first virtual charter school a screen test for online learning New Jersey’s first comprehensive charter school to hold all of its classes online is beginning to enroll students from across the state for next fall, even as questions persist to how exactly the new breed of schools will operate [...]

>Some of Christie’s biggest bills match model legislation from D.C. group called ALEC

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Some of Christie’s biggest bills match model legislation from D.C. group called ALEC Let’s say you’re a state lawmaker, passionate about charter schools, and you want to turn this passion into laws that create social change. What you need are bills. And you want them fast — ready-made, just add [...]

>All-boys public school coming to Newark

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All-boys public school coming to Newark David Banks is a nationally known name in the school reform movement — the father of all-boy public education in New York City, and a tireless cheerleader for the differences his schools make for black and Latino males. Now Banks is bringing his [...]

>Opportunity Scholarship Act bill

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Opportunity Scholarship Act bill What it is: The proposed bill, A-2830, is the latest version of a long-running proposal to create a system of publicly funded scholarships or vouchers for students to attend schools of their choice, public or private. Sponsored by state Assemblymen Angel Fuentes [...]

>Voter approval on charter schools Not likely to pass

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Voter approval on charter schools Not likely to pass What it is: The bill, A-1877, requiring a local referendum on any new charter school opening in a community was approved by the full Assembly last week on a largely party line vote, the furthest the controversial bill has progressed. The vote [...]

>Bill requiring N.J. towns to approve charter schools get approved by state Assembly

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Bill requiring N.J. towns to approve charter schools get approved by state Assembly The Assembly has passed a measure that would require local approval of charter schools, even after they’ve been given the green light by the state commissioner of education. Under the bill (A1877), which last [...]

>Long debated, Legislature revives talk of charter school vouchers

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Long debated, Legislature revives talk of charter school vouchers After a winter hiatus, a trimmed-down Opportunity Scholarship Act proposal is back in the legislature with a prominent new sponsor in the state Assembly but the loss of another in the Senate. State Assemblyman Angel Fuentes [...]

>N.J. school choice program expects over 3K students next year

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N.J. school choice program expects over 3K students next year The state Department of Education is projecting that under the school choice program, 3,356 students will be enrolled in 73 school district outside the one where they reside in the 2012-13 school year, a number that has tripled over the [...]

>Funding for new charters underscores push to keep standards high

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Funding for new charters underscores push to keep standards high On a day the Christie administration proudly announced it had won a federal grant to help its newest charter schools, top officials were also dealing with the fallout over closing one of its oldest. Gov. Chris Christie and acting [...]

>State tells 2 failing charter schools to shut down, reapproves 16 others

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State tells 2 failing charter schools to shut down, reapproves 16 others Two charter schools, one in Trenton, the other in Pleasantville, have been denied the right to operate by the state Department of Education for performing in the bottom 5 percent of schools for each of the past five [...]

>Fine print: Charters not renewed

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Fine print: Charters not renewed What happened: The state announced Friday that it would renew the charters of 16 charter schools, but not the charters of one school in Trenton and another in Pleasantville. The letters sent to the two schools laid out a myriad of problems at each school, two of [...]

>Churches helping tackle the education gap

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Churches helping tackle the education gap SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012   BY MONSY ALVARADOSTAFF WRITERTHE RECORD Days after a school pep rally for Paterson native and Giants star Victor Cruz, the pastor of St. Luke’s Baptist Church updated his Facebook status with a message that had nothing to do with [...]

>Tea Party Members Meet in Jersey City to Discuss Education Reform

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Tea Party Members Meet in Jersey City to Discuss Education ReformBy Chris Neidenberg* Jan 31st, 2012 * A Jersey City middle school was the backdrop for conservative activists with the New Jersey Tea Party, who visited this month to promote their ideas for improving public education. Smack in the [...]

>Assembly committee votes to put charters under local control

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Assembly committee votes to put charters under local control The Christie administration’s slowdown in approving charter schools in the suburbs hasn’t slowed the push by Assembly Democrats to tighten controls on all charters — possibly imperiling a slew of schools awaiting their final OK. The [...]

>‘Hybrid’ charters will meld online lessons with conventional instruction

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‘Hybrid’ charters will meld online lessons with conventional instruction A great deal was made of the Christie administration’s last round of charter school approvals, and the lack of any suburban charters on the list. But the urban ones that were approved are interesting in themselves, including [...]

>3 Reasons School Choice is Growing

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>3 Reasons School Choice is Growing
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