The local school board then appealed to the circuit court, where the state board's decision to permit the charter was overturned. Attempts to work with the school board were in vane. Finally, recognizing the power struggle was about more than just opening one school, Rosswurm and her fellow-Lighthouse organizers have appealed to the state supreme court, where it has yet to be heard. In a heartbeat. I paid a dear price because people went after me and tried to destroy my reputation and my commitment for practicing education.
All children can learn.
We teach children a very systematic way for actually approaching learning. It's a lot of hard work. We have a lot of people who like to talk about change, talk about kids reading, talk about kids writing, talk about kids doing math, and they're still coming out after twelve years in our system functional illiterates. At the North Star Academy Charter School, some of Newark, New Jersey's poorest children and their families are breaking the traditional dismal records of inner city schools in attendance, parental involvement and learning. The one-year old charter school runs for 11 months per year and the students are taught in innovative ways through state of the art technology in a culture of community.