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State gives preliminary go-ahead to two new charter schools

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8 months ago
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State gives preliminary go-ahead to two new charter schools The Christie administration continues to be picky about new charter schools, with just two applications approved in the latest round announced yesterday — one in Newark and one in Camden. If it receives its final charter, the Newark [...]
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NJ lawmakers begin study of online education in charter schools

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9 months ago
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NJ lawmakers begin study of online education in charter schools Online education in charter schools — in all its different and controversial forms — will get the first of what could be several Statehouse hearings this week, as legislators start to sort out what is growing to be one of the state’s [...]
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Back to School: A High-Tech Fix for Broken Schools

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10 months ago
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Back to School: A High-Tech Fix for Broken Schools Digital learning gives young minds a shot at educational excellence. BY JUAN WILLIAMS Mooresville, N.C., is best known as “Race City, U.S.A.,” home of Nascar. But these days Mooresville is leading the nation in a different way—by using digital [...]
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Back to School: Race to the Top for School Districts: More Federal Education Intervention

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10 months ago
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Back to School: Race to the Top for School Districts: More Federal Education Intervention Lindsey Burke August 17, 2012 at 4:04 pm The Obama Administration’s new Race to the Top District (RTT-D) competition, a competitive grant program on top of the more than 100 programs the Department of [...]
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Back to School : The Rise of Customized Education

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10 months ago
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Back to School : The Rise of Customized Education Customized learning has led the education news cycle over the past few weeks as back to school season gets in full swing. And for good reason. Every day there is growing evidence that a seismic shift in the delivery of instruction is underway, [...]
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Renaissance School proposed

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10 months ago
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Renaissance School proposed A consortium headed by South Jersey Democratic power broker George Norcross has submitted a proposal for the state’s first renaissance school. The school, called the KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy, will be built in Camden, one of three cities statewide approved for the [...]
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Amid protests, Englewood school board walks out before taking up outsourcing proposal

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10 months ago
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Amid protests, Englewood school board walks out before taking up outsourcing proposal THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012 BY REBECCA BAKER STAFF WRITER THE RECORD The members of the Englewood school board, faced with a loud and, at times, angry protest over a plan to outsource nearly 100 jobs, abruptly stood [...]
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Charter school performance framework

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11 months ago
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Charter school performance framework What it is: The state Department of Education last week released a 23-page checklist for all new charter covering academic, financial and other operations. The framework sets standards on everything from how well students must fare on state tests to financial [...]
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The ‘other’ online charters get ready for new school year in NJ

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11 months ago
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The ‘other’ online charters get ready for new school year in NJ They are the online charter schools that haven’t gotten much attention in New Jersey, the ones that will blend online tools with in-person teaching. That lack of attention is likely to change soon, however. Acting Education [...]
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New Jersey now has a uniform standard for evaluating charter schools

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11 months ago
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New Jersey now has a uniform standard for evaluating charter schools When New Jersey approved nine new charter schools on Monday, it also announced a new accountability system aimed at setting uniform standards to evaluate the success of charters over time. The annual “Performance Framework” will [...]
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DOE grants final charters to just nine schools

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11 months ago
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DOE grants final charters to just nine schools The Christie administration yesterday put out a short list of charter schools given final approval to open in the fall, but more interesting was the far longer list of those not getting the go-ahead. Nine schools were granted final charters, according [...]
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N.J.’s first online charter school delayed a year

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11 months ago
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N.J.’s first online charter school delayed a year The state’s first proposed full-time virtual charter school will have to wait at least year to begin educating students. The state Department of Education today announced approval of nine new charter schools for September, but said the New Jersey [...]
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NJEA looks to limit School choice takes tough stance on new charters

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11 months ago
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NJEA looks to limit School choice takes tough stance on new charters The relationship between the New Jersey Education Association and charter schools has been a checkered one. In the early 1990s, the powerful teachers union fought against the state’s charter school law before ultimately signing [...]
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Finally NJ’s first online charters could just be days away

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11 months ago
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file photo the online revolution is public education is here Finally NJ’s first online charters could just be days away As New Jersey awaits a decision on its first online charter schools, the operator of three of those proposed schools isn’t taking any chances. Officials of K12 Inc., the nation’s [...]
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The State Board of Education move forward on online charters

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1 year ago
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The State Board of Education move forward on online charters The State Board of Education yesterday got an earful on the Christie administration’s push for charter schools and other so-called innovations, both pro and con, some quite public and some a bit quieter. The public part was further [...]
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Fine Print: New charter school regulations

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1 year ago
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Fine Print: New charter school regulations What it is: The Christie administration has proposed new regulations for New Jersey’s charter schools, from who can apply, how the application process would work, and what would be required for charter schools once approved, including considerably more [...]
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State auditor issues report critical of how NJ oversees charter schools

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1 year ago
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State auditor issues report critical of how NJ oversees charter schools The Christie administration’s oversight of charter schools has long been a point of contention, and a new report out of the State Auditor is sure to fuel the debate on how tough the administration has been in holding the [...]
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