Newark

Newark Board of Education Will Hire Retired Teachers and Create a Pathway for New Teachers

The Newark Board of Education (NBOE) is poised to take advantage of new legislation that allows them to hire retired…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Forget About the ‘Math Wars’ and Look at Corey and Kyela

Let’s start with a history lesson: in 1882, before computers, software engineering, and artificial intelligence were even a glint in…

3 years ago

With Friends Like Biden and Murphy, Who Needs Enemies?

Last week Newark Public Schools District reported the alarming news that, based on results from internal assessments, only 6% of…

3 years ago

ANALYSIS: Two Percent of Newark 4th-Graders Will Meet Expectations in Math. Do We Blame Covid or Newark Leaders?

Last week news broke that 98% of Newark fourth-graders are not expected to meet state expectations in math this spring.…

3 years ago

LILLEY: NJEA Leaders Are Trying To Pretend COVID Learning Loss Didn’t Happen and That’s Hurting Kids

In an article entitled “In-Person Classes Boost Test Scores,” the Wall Street Journal reports that American students are scoring lower on reading and…

3 years ago

JAMES: Murphy Has Put Our Children’s Educational Futures at Risk and We’re Fed Up

Most recently, in "Murphy Just Put a Ceiling on my Daughter's Future," I wrote about the developing educational crisis here…

3 years ago

Are Newark District Officials Hiding the Truth Or Are They Just Bad at Making Graphs?

Yesterday NJ Ed Report published a short article after Newark officials released new information on the academic gains of students…

3 years ago

Fewer Than 6 Percent of Newark District Students Will Reach Proficiency in Math

Newark Public Schools District just released the most recent scores on the in-district assessments that measure student learning. According to…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Is Biden Really Trying To ‘Yank Students Out of Schools Their Parents Chose’? So Murphy.

The Biden Administration just released new rules for applicants to the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP), which is supposed to help…

3 years ago

VIDEO: Newark Parents Wonder, ‘Why Is Gov. Murphy Turning His Back On Us?’

NJ Education Report has been closely following parent and student reactions to Gov. Murphy’s refusal to allow over 70% of…

3 years ago