It's National School Choice Week 2013, the world's largest celebration of education reform. The week will feature 3,500 independently planned events nationwide with the goal of raising awareness of the need to increase access to great schools for all children.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker are the headliners at a national conference on school choice scheduled for this week in Jersey City.
Transported by nearly 60 charter buses, thousands of parents, students and educators rallied on the State House steps Thursday in support of the Opportunity Scholarship Act (OSA).
Busloads of supporters arrived at the New Jersey State House today, demanding legislators to pass the Opportunity Scholarship Act during the lame-duck session. An estimated crowd of 2,500 people showed up for the rally on the steps of the capitol building.
Jersey parents who are not satisfied with their child's public school can sign up to move them to another district, under the state's Interdistrict Choice program - but they've got to hurry.