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Articles by Laura Waters

Laura Waters is founder and managing editor of NJ Ed Report (formerly NJ Left Behind) and a senior writer/editor at brightbeam. 

covid

Want to Improve Teacher Diversity in Classrooms? First Transform School Culture

Laura Waters
Pandemic

90% of Kids in This City Are Behind in Math. Can a New Tutoring Initiative Help?

Laura Waters
Pandemic

Poll: White Parents More Comfortable Reviving In-Person School v. Black Parents

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education

Analysis: New Data Show Newark’s Educators Are Driving Learning Gains That Outpace New Jersey’s Best-in-the-Nation Schools

Laura Waters
Pandemic

Q&A: ‘This Is Crushing Our Children’ — New Jersey Parent Leader Explains Why Some Families Are Suing to Get Their Schools Reopened

Laura Waters
Pandemic

Analysis: New Poll of NJ Parents Shows Stark Racial and Economic Gaps Are Shaping the Effectiveness of Remote Learning During the Pandemic

Laura Waters
New Jersey

Waters: Newark Voters Just Elected Their First Full School Board Since State Control Ended. And It’s One Ed Reformers & Foes Agree On

Laura Waters
EDlection 2020

Waters: 9 Theories That Might Explain Cory Booker’s Change of Heart on Charter Schools in New York Times Essay

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EDlection 2020

Analysis: New Newark Poll Shows Majority of City’s Voters Favor School Options and Charter Schools. Democratic Presidential Candidates Need to Pay Attention

Laura Waters
Opinion

Waters: Where Have You Gone, Cory Booker?

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New Jersey

Waters: A New Foundation in New Jersey Wants Newark Students to Have Great Schools. Period. District or Charter? It Doesn’t Matter

Laura Waters
Opinion

Waters: As N.J. Governor, Legislature & Teachers Union Wrangle Over PARCC, the Fate of 170,000 High School Seniors Hangs in the Balance

Laura Waters
Janus v. AFSCME

Waters: These 2 Teachers Wanted to Quit Their Union — but NJ Law Wouldn’t Let Them. Now, Following the Supreme Court’s Janus Verdict, They’ve Decided to Sue

Laura Waters
Opinion

Analysis: Cory Booker Could Have Run Away From School Reform. Instead, He’s Doubling Down on Newark’s Education Revival. That’s a Smart Move

Laura Waters
Opinion

New Jersey Teeters on the Brink of Shutdown as Top Democratic Leaders Engage in a Barnyard Brawl Over Education

Laura Waters
Analysis

Waters: Jersey City Teachers Struck for 1 Day & Got Big Health Care Concession. Now, Trap Is Set for Every Other District in N.J.

Laura Waters
Opinion

Appraisal: How Paymon Rouhanifard Rallied Camden Around Its Schools — and Why His Impressive Turnaround Will Endure

Laura Waters
Opinion

Waters: New Jersey’s New Governor Says He Wants to Scrap PARCC Tests but Doesn’t Know How. Here’s What It Would Take — and It’s Not Easy

Laura Waters
Opinion

Analysis: As Chris Cerf Steps Down as Newark Superintendent, a Look Back at a Career Spent Breaking the Tie in Favor of New Jersey’s Children

Laura Waters
Opinion

Analysis: 4 Education Promises New Jersey’s New Governor Can’t — or Shouldn’t — Keep

Laura Waters
Opinion

Analysis: In Newark’s Election of a New School Board, a Superficial ‘Unity’

Laura Waters
Opinion

Analysis: Assessing 22 Years of State Control as Newark Votes for the Board to Take Back Reins of City Schools

Laura Waters
Opinion

Analysis: The New Politics of the Los Angeles School Board Race, as More Families Prefer Charters

Laura Waters
Opinion

Analysis: What Newark’s School Board Election Says About the Rising Influence of City’s Charter Parents

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