Facilities Funding

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

NJ Education Commissioner Makes the Right Call On Newark Superintendent’s Crooked Real Estate Deals!

It’s not often that I get a chance to cheer for New Jersey Acting Commissioner of Education Angelica Allen-McMillan. For…

2 years ago

Newark Superintendent’s Vendetta Against Public Charters Is Costing Taxpayers Millions of Dollars

Or maybe he's just nostalgic for the good old days when Newark Public Schools District was on the hook for…

2 years ago

STOP-WORK Order Signs Posted At Proposed Site of New Newark High School While District Stays Mum

In Newark's East Ward at the construction site of the new district High School of Architecture & Interior Design, officials…

2 years ago

Newark District’s Deal With Private Investor Falls Through and Superintendent Knew About Malfeasance

On Friday Summit Assets, a private investing group that had a contract with Newark Public Schools to build a new…

2 years ago

Newark Superintendent is ‘Appalled’ at Shady School Property Deal But Gannett is Mute

Newark Superintendent Roger León is shocked, shocked to find out there’s malarkey afoot over the construction of the new Newark…

2 years ago

Newark Superintendent Puts Taxpayers on the Hook for Paying Millions to Private Investing Group

Tom Wiedmann is on a roll: today Tapinto Newark published his third installment (with co-writer Mark Bonamo) of a series…

2 years ago

Here’s What You Need To Know About School Spending in Murphy’s New Budget

Today the New Jersey State Legislature will approve Gov. Phil Murphy’s $50.6 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins…

2 years ago

As Murphy ‘Relentlessly Assaults’ Charter Schools, Reviewers Take Note

The Center for Education Reform, a non-profit dedicated to expanding educational opportunities, just released its 2022 rankings of states' charter…

3 years ago

Newark Will Spend Only 5% Of COVID Funds on Tutoring Students

Newark Public Schools has revealed how they're spending the $182 million in the last phase of federal emergency funds intended…

3 years ago