October 3, 2008 "Fertile Soil for Charters"
- Education Week
August 13, 2008 "Charter Schools: Boon or Bust? "
- New Jersey Monthly
October 3, 2008 "Herbert Ruth: A Charter School Success Story "
- New Jersey Monthly
December 2007/January 2008 "Data In the Driver's Seat"
- Educational Leadership, published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Written by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, Managing Director of North Star Academy
November 29, 2007 "Charter School Grows to Elementary Level"
- The Star Ledger
October 22, 2007 "Coming to an inner city near you, extreme education"
- Guardian Unlimited
"Heady Days for Charter Schools"
- The Star Ledger
"Tax Credits Earn 'New Markets' Name"
- The Star Ledger
"In Newark, Graduates Ace the Final"
- New York Times
"A Real School of Rock"
- Time Magazine
No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap
in Learning by Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom.
- Published by Simon & Schuster, 2003
North Star Academy is
featured in the Thernstroms' book. In a November 2, 2003 Boston
Globe Review of No Excuses, Kim Marshall writes:
"Over the last 25 years, there have been many attempts
to improve urban schools: busing students for racial integration;
pouring money into schools; emphasizing Afro- or Latino-centered
curriculum; increasing the number of minority teachers; reducing
class size; setting up after-school programs; regulating and
taking over failing schools; and introducing standards and high-stakes
tests. The Thernstroms feel that none of these have even begun
to close the racial gap.
"What gives them hope is a small number of highly successful
inner-city schools (including South Boston Harbor Academy, KIPP
Academy in the Bronx, and North Star Academy in Newark)."
"Charter Schools Build on Decade of Expansion"
- The Christian Science Monitor
"Schools Success Rooted in Order"
- Trenton Times
"North Star Featured in PBS Charter Schools Documentary"
- The Center for Education Reform
"US Dept of Education Report on School Choice Highlights North Star"
- Ed.gov
