Newark

Why Is Education Law Center Discounting Parent Support for Charter Schools in Deference to NJEA?

Jasmine Morrison is a parent activist in Newark with two sons in charter schools. For more coverage of her advocacy,…

4 years ago

NJEA VP Sean Spiller’s New Dark Money Group Plans a Major Shindig While You Can’t Eat With Grandma.

Matt Friedman of Politico starts his Playbook this morning with a scoop: Sean Spiller, VP of New Jersey’s largest teacher…

4 years ago

SCOOP: NJ Deputy Attorney General Says That Newark Charter School Expansion Embodies ‘Precisely What the Charter School Program Was Designed to Achieve’

Below is the preliminary statement from New Jersey State Deputy Attorney General Christopher Weber in a new brief in the…

4 years ago

Newsflash: Newark Voters Want More High-Quality Public Schools, Charter or Traditional.

This morning Change Research and the New Jersey Children’s Foundation released a poll that shows Newark’s public charter schools are…

4 years ago

Khaliah Fitchett on Going From Handcuffs to Running for Congress

One afternoon in March 2010, Khaliah Fitchette, a 16-year-old student at Newark’s University High School, was riding home on a…

4 years ago

Oscar James: We Can’t Depend on Murphy To Fix Our Schools So We Have To Depend on Ourselves

My daughter attends West Side High School in Newark. A long time ago, New Jersey promised us a new $160…

4 years ago

Newark Public Charter School Provides Brand-New Laptops So Every Child Can Succeed

Newark’s University Heights Charter School (UHCS) announced today that it has purchased over 850 brand new laptop computers and will…

4 years ago

With A Second COVID Wave Coming, KIPPNJ Will Remain All-Remote Until January.

Chalkbeat , a nonprofit news organization covering public education, originally published this post as "KIPP New Jersey students will learn…

4 years ago

NJ Children’s Foundation Announces New Initiative To Measure Impact of Digital Divide & Covid Slide On Children and Families.

The New Jersey Children’s Foundation, a Newark-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting a fact-based discussion about education, today announced a significant…

4 years ago

Newark Superintendent Threatened To Sue Me For Speaking Out. He Should Focus On Our Kids, Not Me.

Chalkbeat reported last week that Superintendent Roger Leon is claiming 99.8% of Newark Public Schools students were present for each…

4 years ago