Newark

VIDEO: Newark Non-Profits Join Hands To Battle Student Learning Loss

The research is clear: if school districts are serious about helping students recover from learning loss due to pandemic-interrupted schooling,…

3 years ago

KIPP Rise Celebrates its LBGTQ+ Students!

Yesterday afternoon, KIPP Rise Academy in Newark celebrated its middle school LGBTQ+ students and staff with food, dancing, activities, and…

3 years ago

As Murphy Plots a Presidential Run, Low-Income Families Pay the Price

At a Goldman Sachs conference in April of 2017, a month before Phil Murphy declared his candidacy for New Jersey…

3 years ago

In Newark, Public Charters Lift All Boats–and Here’s the Proof

Earlier this week the Newark Municipal Council Education Committee quizzed Superintendent Roger León about district student learning loss; meanwhile an…

3 years ago

Newark Schools District Celebrates the 2021-2022 Teacher of The Year

(This is a press release from Newark Public Schools District.) Yesterday Superintendent Roger León of Newark Public Schools surprised Newark’s…

3 years ago

Newark Schools Chief Roger León Gets Grilled On Student Learning Loss–and Comes Up Short

Yesterday Newark Superintendent Roger León was in the hot seat at the Newark Municipal Council Education Committee as he took…

3 years ago

WHITE: For Vanessa, And All Our Vanessas To Come

When bureaucratic shenanigans and red tape play Russian roulette with children’s lives, we all suffer. I was reminded of this…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Murphy Treats Low-Income Families as Political Footballs As He Shuts Down Their Best Schools

Late yesterday Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan sent a letter to Newark’s University Heights Charter School that decreed, based on…

3 years ago

Murphy Administration’s Charter Closure–in June!– Will Cause Chaos For Black and Latino Families

(This is a press release from the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association.) On June 1, the families of nearly…

3 years ago

BREAKING: Newark District Celebrates New Teacher Contract, With Starting Salaries Bumped to $62K Plus Bonuses

(Ed. note: this is a press release from Newark Public Schools District. The current average teacher salary in New Jersey…

3 years ago