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Cami Anderson, Sharon Contreras and Janice Jackson discuss how much our country needs infrastructure repair, specifically, the infrastructure necessary to support the education of nearly 50 million children each year.

Discipline Revolution Project update to the DRP community

We hope you are staying as safe and productive as possible as the reach of the pandemic continues to grow. We are grateful for educators like you, who are out there making it happen for kids and families in the face of so much adversity.

As schools open around the country, the DRP team reflects on how the current events - COVID and racial unrest - are impacting schools and the decisions they make

George Floyd being murdered by police. Black Americans — sisters, fathers, friends, and partners — living their lives, sleeping in their homes, going for a jog, and running errands are no longer with us simply because of the color of their skin. These are not isolated incidents.

Cami Anderson and Raymond A. Jetson write about the inequalities brought into stark relief by COVID-19

Essential distance learning information from Cami Anderson, CEO and Founder of Thirdway Solutions Group

The Daily Princetonian interviews CEO, Cami Anderson, about ThirdWay Solutions and The Discipline Revolution Project

Cami Anderson brings the stories of John, David, Ana, and Sally into discussions about students systems fail the most.

Lessons about being in the room where change happens - Cami Anderson interviews Larisa Hovannisian, founder of Teach for Armenia

In her first joint interview of the "In the Room" series, Cami talks to sisters Kris Lovejoy, the global head of cybersecurity for Ernst and Young, and Juliane Gallina, the chief information officer for the CIA

"Follow your passion, even when it means breaking with convention". Cami Anderson interviews Christy Coleman, the first African-American to lead the American Civil War Museum

Cami Anderson of ThirdWay Solutions, Layla Avila of EdLoc, and Evan Stone of Educators for Excellence write an open letter to Betsy DeVos

Laura Faith Kedebe interviews Cami Anderson about her career.

Education, as Horace Mann said, should be “the great equalizer” and instead, the school-to-prison pipeline that funnels a disproportionate number of African American and Latino students into the justice system is alive and well. Cami Anderson discusses some of the things Newark schools focused on to change this pattern.

Anyone who has attempted reform work knows that there is a vast difference between community engagement and local politics. This critical nuance is completely missed in Dale Rusakoff’s assessment of the progress made, and still being made, in the quest to improve Newark Public Schools in The Prize.

Amanda Kocon interviews Cami Anderson

The debate over the future of our nation’s education system continues to divide the country. On one side we have advocates of market-disrupting charters looking to eliminate the bureaucracies they believe inhibit education. On the other, public school activists are committed to preserving a system that has failed many students for decades. There is, however, a third option that would allow both charter and traditional public schools to thrive and serve students with diverse needs across educational levels.

I didn’t have the most conventional upbringing. As one of 12 kids (now with 15 nieces and nephews and growing), I know that my family has always turned heads on volume alone. If you add to the mix that nine of my siblings are adopted, most of us are within four years of each other in age, and our family portraits represents the best of our country’s diversity, this has shaped my views as a person, educator, and activist.

Some of Rose Farah’s greatest childhood memories are visiting her father’s family in Syria. So, she was particularly devastated when the refugee crisis escalated and made national news. Images of homelessness, hunger, and desperation kept her up at night.

Imagine a small math classroom filled with exuberant 12-year-olds. They are loud and engaged. One group is working on algebra and comparing notes to solve a problem. Another group is using a self-paced computer program to practice foundational math skills that an assessment indicated to their teacher they needed. A third is being guided by the teacher through a problem requiring complex equations.

Spring of 1992, I suffered a serious back injury. It was my second year on the University of California at Berkeley’s crew team and I was sitting in the front seat (“stroking”) the Junior Varsity 8 for a dual with the University of Washington. It was an important race. The 6’2” stroke of the Varsity…

No city has captured the public imagination about the promise and pitfalls of the modern education reform movement quite like Newark, New Jersey.

It’s the time of year when we all hear a lot about kids going back to school. It is generally a time of great relief for lots of parents, excitement for educators looking to start fresh, and joy for kids who were bored over the summer.

Last week, we saw national headlines about two seemingly disparate events: the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, and the crescendo of a national debate about whether Education Secretary Betsy DeVos should rescind Obama-era guidance about school discipline. These two milestones have more in common than many people think.

How the chief of Newark’s troubled schools is spending Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million.

NEWARK — There is Sonn Sam, a Rhode Island transplant who could be mistaken for one of the students at his alternative high school, with his shaven head, sneakers and tattooed left arm.

Cami Anderson, superintendent of Newark public schools, talks about the challenge of reforming the low-performing district.

Anderson sat down with Managing Editor Mike Schneider to talk about the recognition and her goals for Newark's public schools.

On June 23, 1972, Title IX was created. 45 years later, we have seen the ways in which the law has been bent and broken. Join founder Run4AllWomen Alison Desir and a panel of industry experts for a 5K run and after to discuss the history of Title IX—it’s intended and unintended consequences and the way it has transformed the world of sports.

Cami Anderson is taking bold and controversial steps to reform education in the Newark Public School system.

Discipline Bias in Education Leaves Life-Long Impacts Interview with Soledad O'Brien, April 7, 2018

Anderson was nominated for a national Teacher of the Year award, received the Peter Jennings Award for her impact on educational equity, belongs to the Aspen Global Leader Network, and was recently named one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People." She graduated with a B.A. in education and anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. in public policy and education from Harvard.

Anderson: More is Not More, More is Madness.

Cami Anderson has become a prominent figure in urban K–12 school reform. Having inherited a system with a roughly 50 percent graduation rate and a looming budget shortfall, Anderson has faced an array of challenges in her efforts to promote excellence and equity in Newark schools.

Featuring John Deasy, Cami Anderson, Lillian Lowery with moderator Jean-Claude Brizard at the Aspen Leaders Action Forum.

Newark superintendent Cami Anderson speaks on the future of US education at the Aspen Leaders Action Forum.

The Education System Needs to Learn About Advancement | Joel Klein | Google Zeitgeist.

Cami Anderson at TEDxEast: Basement, Barriers and Beliefs, March 7, 2014