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February 10, 2023

Project Ready and Ben & Jerry’s Celebrate ‘Votingtines Week’ in Newark to Fall in Love with Voting Again

From students to seniors, non-profit is spreading the love of civic engagement Newark-based nonprofit Project Ready is partnering with Ben & Jerry’s for a week […]
February 9, 2023

Roger Leon Thinks He’ll Solve Newark’s ‘Staggering’ Absenteeism Rate with the Whitest Sport in America

Students enrolled in Newark Public Schools District are missing school at a “staggering” rate. According to the data from this past December, the district is […]
January 31, 2023

MORRISON: Newark Schools Are Back in Crisis While the Board Rewards the Superintendent. Let’s Do This Instead.

Jasmine Morrison is a Newark parent whose children attend public schools in the city. She runs a Newark-based parent advocacy group called Unapologetic Parents. Newark’s […]
January 27, 2023

ANALYSIS: Newark Residents Get Gaslighted While (Most of) Their School Board Bows to Superintendent Leon

What happened at last night’s Newark School Board meeting? The Board of Education plowed ahead with a clandestine renewal of Superintendent Roger Leon’s contract that […]
January 26, 2023

ROSENKRANS: We Can Love Our Kids and Teachers While Urgently Addressing Learning Loss–Especially in Newark

Kyle Rosenkrans is Executive Director of New Jersey Children’s Foundation. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lock-downs wreaked havoc on the health of Newark families, on […]
January 25, 2023

Two Newark Moms Demand Education Commissioner Investigate Newark School Board’s Secret Renewal of Superintendent’s Contract

This is a letter to Acting Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMIllan from Shennell McCloud, CEO of Project Ready and Jasmine Morrison, Executive Director, Unapologetic Parents.They are […]