Newark School Board

Newark’s Roger León Is On a Lying Spree: Focus on Bomb Threats

Here's Newark Public Schools Superintendent Roger León at last week's School Board meeting: “As it relates to bomb threats, if…

2 years ago

VIDEO: Newark Superintendent Wants You To Send Your Kid To the 9th Worst School in New Jersey

In 2013, then-Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson was asked about Malcolm X Shabazz High School after an article in the Star-Ledger…

3 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

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

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

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

New Newark Poll: Voters Strongly Support Charters But Many Think Education in Newark Is On the ‘Wrong Track’

Every year for the past three years New Jersey Children’s Foundation* has commissioned the progressive polling firm Change Research to…

3 years ago

ANALYSIS: Newark Superintendent León Crosses the Line As He Promotes A School Fraught With Violence

Ready for your dose of cognitive dissonance? Yesterday at 10:39 am  Chalkbeat published an exposé of Newark's Malcolm X Shabazz High…

3 years ago

JAMES: More Remote Learning But Still No Plan For Newark’s Children

While it is not a very happy time for many of us right now, I do want to begin with…

3 years ago