I’m so excited to celebrate PEF’s 30th Anniversary along with an opportunity to honor Irene for her dedicated service to Paterson children. We wouldn’t be here without Irene’s stellar leadership. I thank her for the vision to start this organization and the work to effectively build
Read more →Welcome to the 2013/14 school year! I love new beginnings. When I was in school I remember my 4th grade teacher telling me that everybody starts the new school year with an “A”. What a great way to set us on our educational journey! I wish all
Read more →Changing the school board election from April to November will make a dramatic shift in who runs for school board and how much it will cost a candidate to run. Moving to a November election will essentially give control of the school board to the county chair
Read more →PEF has observed Paterson charter schools over the years as a viable option for Paterson families, but hardly a cure all. Charters will never serve all of our students. Now, we have two new charter school applications on a fast track for Paterson. Both come from charter
Read more →I’ve gone to Trenton many times over my career with PEF. It has always been to advocate for Paterson’s children. I’ll be going again in February to discuss Pateson Reads as a model for other communities to improve early learning. Ar Wednesday night’s school board meeting, when I
Read more →As I follow the education debates, I can’t help but believe that the pendulum is swinging back. It’s not a big movement yet. It’s a lot of small things. But that is how the pendulum swing changes. What are the small things? Chicago teachers strike over high
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