Newark Mayor Ras Baraka

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

BARAKA: New Conference Will Focus on Student and Parent Voices To Address City’s Educational Shortcomings

Ras Baraka is Newark's mayor. This first appeared at nj.com. The will to get it done. This was the unofficial…

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

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

Newark Leaders Are Poor Role Models For Low-Income Students

https://twitter.com/KyleRosenkrans/status/1559140644542681088 That's the gist of what's going on in Newark. With the support of Superintendent Roger Leon, Mayor Ras Baraka,…

2 years ago

Newark City, School District, and Building Contractor Accused of Violating Fair Labor Practices During School Construction

Politics in Newark is complicated but New Jersey’s largest city has this going for it: school and municipal leaders are…

2 years ago

Fifty Years After the Newark Teacher Strikes and Riots, Black Families Demand To Be Heard

In June 1972, the New Jersey Department of Education issued a report called “Teachers' Strikes in Newark, 1964-1971." The document…

3 years ago

On School Board Election Day in Newark, Charter School ‘Wars’ Are a Nothing-Burger

Tuesday was Election Day in Newark for the district’s Board of Education. Among seven candidates for three open seats, winners…

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