Newark

JAMES: An Open Letter Asking Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz to Fight For Our Children, Not Newark’s Superintendent

Dear Senator Ruiz: You are a true champion for education to children across the state – and one of the…

2 years ago

JAMES: Roger, You Are the Newark Superintendent. Why Are You Lying To Us?

As many of you have read over the months, I like to try to create some good trouble in Newark.…

2 years ago

VIDEO: Newark Parents Explain The Failure Of Their District’s School Enrollment System—And Why They Welcome Newark Common App

In this new video, New Jersey Education Report interviews three Newark mothers who express their frustrations with the districts "universal…

2 years ago

Newark Education Advocates Roll Out Replacement For District’s Clunky Enrollment Platform To Honor Original Promises of Superintendent

In 2018 when Superintendent Roger Leon first took over the helm of New Jersey's largest school district, he inherited its…

2 years ago

New Jersey Children’s Foundation Invites Newark District to Add Its Schools to New Common Application Platform

This is a letter from Kyle Rosenkrans, Executive Director of New Jersey Children's Foundation, to the Newark Board of Education…

2 years ago

New Jersey Children’s Foundation and Newark Schools Join Together To Launch Newark Common App

New State-of-the-Art Enrollment Portal will Better Serve Newark Families by Providing a Seamless and Transparent Process That Promotes Equity and…

2 years ago

The Star-Ledger Questions Newark Superintendent’s Leadership. It’s Bigger Than That.

Today the Star-Ledger Editorial Board reports that over this past eight months Newark school board members and top staffers have…

2 years ago

VIDEO: ‘Possibly the Most New Jersey Story Ever”

Last week I interviewed Mark Bonamo of Tapinto Newark and Newark activist Oscar James II. Bonamo, along with journalist Tom…

2 years ago

Is Newark’s Superintendent Delusional? Don’t Bother Asking the School Board.

Newark Superintendent Roger León lies to the public with impunity, a tic unrestrained by the district’s Board of Education which…

2 years ago

Black Men Read Day at Newark’s Camden Elementary School!

My Very Own Library (MVOL) kicked off its Black Men Read Day at Camden Elementary School on October 20, 2022.…

2 years ago