I live and work in Camden, the New Jersey city that disbanded and rebuilt its police force. We’ve been upheld as a model for cities like Minneapolis, but there’s a lot more to the story.

The evening of June 7, I received a direct tweet from Michael Leo Owens, professor of political science at Emory University, that read, “So many [eyes] gonna be looking to Camden for predictions re Minneapolis.” I didn’t believe it. I was slightly amused that Camden would ever be suggested as an exemplar Continue Reading…

It’s been a long time coming, but change is gonna come in Camden’s schools | Opinion

… Originally run here on 1/21/2020 In 2014, Pete Denton of Excellent Education for Everyone, a New Jersey policy group, said, “Perhaps, most people in this room realize that an awful lot of people in the state don’t realize that we’re actually on track to shut down the traditional Camden public Continue Reading…