This is a notice from Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon urging his 400 members to show up at next week’s School Board Meeting to
While Covid-19 was devastating schools, the Newark Board of Education decided to require teachers to use their sick days when they had to miss school
We have more than one pandemic in Newark. As if COVID’s not enough, we have an escalating disease of car-jacking, car theft, and violence, particularly
Nancy Deering, a spokesperson for Newark public schools, just announced that New Jersey’s largest school district has no current plans to make face masks optional.
Politics in Newark is complicated but New Jersey’s largest city has this going for it: school and municipal leaders are tireless advocates for fair wages
The research is clear: if school districts are serious about helping students recover from learning loss due to pandemic-interrupted schooling, the most important tool is
(Ed. note: this is a press release from Newark Public Schools District. The current average teacher salary in New Jersey is $60,634 but the range
In a no-holds-barred op-ed today, Newark history teacher Yvette Jordan explains why Newark district high school students have “have unconsciously initiated a general strike” due
From Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon: I hear your calls for clarity, and I am giving it to you now. All staff will remain
I live in Lawrence, New Jersey—a middle-class, diverse town, halfway between Princeton and Trenton. For years I was on the school board and was very