NJ Spotlight published the following article on December 3, 2013. To read the full article, click here.
More Renaissance Schools for State-Controlled Camden District?
John Mooney | December 3, 2013
Still waiting for its first “renaissance school” to open, the state-run Camden district is hoping to encourage more of this new breed of charters to move into the city.
Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard yesterday announced that the district had put out a request for proposals (RFP) for up to three additional renaissance projects.
Renaissance schools are a variation on conventional charters. Like their more common counterparts they are operated by independent charter organizations. But they are financed differently and follow different rules, including the requirement that the local district must approve them.
Authorized under the 2011 Urban Hope Act, the state’s first and only renaissance school — run in partnership between the KIPP charter school network, Cooper Health, and South Jersey businessman and political leader George Norcross — is slated to open in Camden in 2014.