June 29, 2021
Dashawn Sheffield, a rising 11th-grader at Uncommon Schools’ North Star Academy Washington Park High School in Newark, explains why he decided to launch a new […]
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June 29, 2021
When the New Jersey State Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that seven public charter schools in Newark could go forward with their long-planned expansions, […]
June 25, 2021
After three years of stalled negotiations, Camden Public Schools and the Camden Education Association have agreed on a five-year contract (the longest allowed under New […]
June 24, 2021
Yesterday the Camden Education Fund announced the winners of the RISE (Resilient, Inspirational, Solutions-Oriented Educators) awards to honor city teachers for their hard work and […]
June 23, 2021
Yesterday the Asbury Park Education Association filed a grievance against the district because teachers are getting blamed for an extension for the school year from […]
June 23, 2021
Today, the NJ State Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding the Commissioner of Education’s 2016 decisions to expand seven high-performing charter schools in Newark. This […]
June 22, 2021
In a unanimous ruling issued this afternoon, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of the State Department of Education’s 2016 decision to allow […]
June 21, 2021
Newark’s Roseville Community Charter School has accomplished a mighty feat: Keeping students and families engaged through the most disruptive school year in a century. How […]
June 15, 2021
The Monclair Board of Education announced last week that, due to budget issues, it was cutting 36 positions. In response, the Montclair Education Association (MEA) […]
June 14, 2021
Friday morning Asbury Park staff and students arrived at school to find that Superintendent Sancha Gray was closing the district because too many staff members […]
June 11, 2021
(See “official update” from Superintendent Sancha Gray below.) This morning Asbury Park teachers and students arrived at district schools for classes, only to find that […]
June 10, 2021
A new working paper out from Brown University studies the impact of state takeovers on 35 school districts. The authors, Drs. Beth E. Schueler and […]