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


Novermber 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