When I came to New York City in the mid-90s, I moved into the cheapest apartment I could afford in the nicest neighborhood I could find. That place was a first-floor front studio on 94th street just off of Central Park. It was a gorgeous block, but I lived in its lone eyesore of a [...]
Supporters of the proposed Opportunity Scholarship Act hope it will ensure “opportunity knocks” on the doors of low-income children, now attending designated “failing” public schools in Jersey City and elsewhere, by letting them move into private or other public schools.
Derrell Bradford says a scholarship to ‘hoity-toity high school’ saved his life, and carries a passion to bring the same chance to others through school vouchers. His second passion: video games Derrell Bradford Title: Executive director, Excellent Education for Everyone (E3) Age: 36 Why he’s a player: For much of the past decade, E3 has [...]
It’s time to approve school choice The priority for lawmakers should be saving kids, not saving chronically failing institutions. In “The Cartel,” the powerful documentary about how money is wasted and poor students are shafted in New Jersey’s failing urban schools, filmmaker Bob Bowden presents a perfect analogy to show how unfair it is to [...]
New Jersey Real-Time News Hundreds rally in support of school voucher bill
May 06, 2010 Krystal Knapp The Times of Trenton PRINCETON BOROUGH — School choice. Competition from charter schools. A system of accountability. Those are the key elements required for successful school reform in New Jersey, particularly for its ailing and failing inner city schools, says Bret Schundler, the state commissioner of education.
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Commentary When the State Board of Education elected to “reform,” not eliminate, the Special Review Assessment, or SRA, in 2009, I and others who opposed this backdoor route to a diploma were disappointed. The SRA was a running joke. About 13,000 disproportionately minority students annually were using it to graduate after failing one or both [...]