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…

‘Virtual’ Camden Council Passes Eminent Domain for Cramer Hill Housing

“That said, I do think it feels like a chance to rebuild student capacity and represents an overall good for our schools.”

Remembering Bernard J., Jazzmine W., and Shyhiem D,…a series (Part One, Bernard)

Certainly, behavioral and academic correction can be an expression of care, but students have to know caring is the place where the correction originates.

George Norcross, Chris Christie, and Paymon Rouhanifard: The triumverite who snaked “renaissance” (corporate takeover) schools into Camden

“By working with Norcross – by dealing with him – Christie could infuse his term as governor with near limitless potential.” Similarly, few could argue that as a result of their shared alliance, Norcross emerged even more powerful than he was prior to Christie’s election.

FLASHBACK: Welcome to Camden, President Obama: Here are some things you need to know about education here and in cities like ours

…the original can be found here…http://www.bluejersey.com/2015/05/welcome-to-camden-president-obama-here-are-some-things-i-think-you-need-to-know-about-education/ On May 18, 2015, President Barack Obama made a presidential trip to Camden to talk about “Camden Rising”. He spoke of stronger bonds between the new Camden County Police Department and residents, an economic resurgence embodied in the arrival of massive corporations, and a Continue Reading…

The Guardian

“Schoolchildren across the US are plagued by air pollution that’s linked to multiple brain-related problems, with black, Hispanic and low-income students most likely to be exposed to a fug of harmful toxins at school, scientists and educators have warned.”

Trust the Wisdom of Our Students: A Case for Camden* County College

(Feel free to subsitute Camden for any county – the message stays the same) Each Spring, in efforts the celebrate our graduating public-school seniors, the Camden Education Association publishes the name of every graduating senior along with their post-secondary destination whether it be college, trade school, employment, or the military. Continue Reading…

Where We, in Camden’s (Urban) Public Schools*, Dropped the Ball (reprise)

The common understanding of “better” schools motivating parents to choose schools is understood to reference a better academic setting, but this is a not central motivator for school selection. Parent choice by urban parents is more complex than “school quality”

INTRODUCTION to Education Reform and Gentrification in the Age of #Camden Rising: Public Education and Urban Redevelopment in Camden, NJ

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