Newark

New Newark Poll: Voters Strongly Support Charters But Many Think Education in Newark Is On the ‘Wrong Track’

Every year for the past three years New Jersey Children’s Foundation* has commissioned the progressive polling firm Change Research to…

3 years ago

ANALYSIS: Newark Superintendent León Crosses the Line As He Promotes A School Fraught With Violence

Ready for your dose of cognitive dissonance? Yesterday at 10:39 am  Chalkbeat published an exposé of Newark's Malcolm X Shabazz High…

3 years ago

JAMES: More Remote Learning But Still No Plan For Newark’s Children

While it is not a very happy time for many of us right now, I do want to begin with…

3 years ago

Newark Union President Would Trade ‘Entire City’ For ‘One Single Teacher Aid’

Here’s Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon in Sunday’s New York Times explaining why Newark’s 37,000 district students should continue…

3 years ago

Newark Teachers and Students Confront ‘Low Morale’ and ‘Extreme Frustration’ With Return to Remote Instruction

From Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon: I hear your calls for clarity, and I am giving it to you…

3 years ago

New Jersey Public Charter School Students Receive Full Four Year Scholarships to Top Colleges!

Seven students who will be graduating from New Jersey charter schools this spring received full four-year scholarships to attend some…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: This Is What Murphy Is Getting Wrong About COVID and Schools

Here we go again. As the list of shuttered New Jersey school districts grows, Governor Phil Murphy remains on mute,…

3 years ago

BREAKING: Is Murphy’s Education Department in Cahoots with Urban Districts to Close Schools?

Back in March 2020 when New Jersey was being crushed by COVID cases, the State Legislature passed a bill that,…

3 years ago

Camden, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton Parents Join State Charter Association in Challenge to NJ’s Unfair Facilities Funding

This week, a group of parents from Trenton, Paterson, Newark, and Camden joined the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association…

3 years ago

It Takes a Village: To Address Unfinished Learning, Newark Unites Tutoring Center Announces a New Funder

This past summer, New Jersey Children’s Foundation announced it was funding an unusual faith-based initiative between Newark's Metropolitan Baptist Church…

3 years ago