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March 25, 2024

By Laura Waters at March 25, 2024

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News

Lawyers Release Timeline of South Orange-Maplewood Principal’s Arrest for Assaulting Student

On March 11th the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office charged Frank Sanchez, principal of South Orange-Maplewood’s Columbia High School, with second degree child endangerment, a felony, […]

March 25, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at March 25, 2024

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NJ Tutoring Corps Launches 71 Tutoring Centers in 2024

The New Jersey Tutoring Corps, Inc. (NJTC) announced today the organization’s final anticipated service numbers for the 2023-24 school year, with 71 NJTC tutoring centers […]

March 25, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at March 25, 2024

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Great Oaks Legacy Charter High School Senior Urges Senate to Support Public Charter Facilities Needs

Last week, members of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee heard testimony from Great Oaks Legacy Charter High School Senior Nathan Duguid urging them to […]

March 22, 2024

By Laura Waters at March 22, 2024

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Newark
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Newark Mayor: New Jersey’s Big Education Lie

Whatever your view of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka as New Jersey’s next governor–he declared his candidacy last month—he deserves props for his willingness to call […]

March 22, 2024

By Guest Contributor at March 22, 2024

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Opinion

We’re Setting New Teachers Up For Failure. Let’s Stop.

Jonathan Lee Lancaster is a social studies teacher at Bergen County Academies. He is the membership chair, webmaster, and legislative action team chair for the […]

March 22, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at March 22, 2024

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Learning Community Charter School 8th Graders Set Out on Historic Civil Rights Tour of the South

Learning Community Charter School (LCCS) in Jersey City is pleased to announce its inaugural capstone project for its 8th grade class, a trip to visit […]

COMMUNITIES

January 25, 2024

By Guest Contributor at January 25, 2024

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Judge Demands Access to Report on Racism at Newark School, Currently Withheld From Public

Matt Kadosh is a journalist at TAPintoNewark, where this first appeared. A Superior Court judge on Tuesday, Jan. 23, ordered a report that details allegations of […]

January 24, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 24, 2024

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New Competition Between Camden and Newark Will Boost Students’ College Funding

Last year NJ Ed Report covered Camden’s ““FASFA Challenge,” a competition among all city high schools—district, charter, and renaissance—that awarded $25,000 to the school where […]

January 24, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 24, 2024

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2024 ‘FAFSA Challenge’ to Pit Camden vs. Newark

Camden Education Fund and NJ Children’s Foundation Announce Challenge to Kick-Start Momentum-Building Year for College Enrollment The 2024 “FAFSA Challenge” will kick off on Thursday […]

OPINION

January 31, 2023

By Contributor at January 31, 2023

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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 26, 2023

By Laura Waters at January 26, 2023

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Murphy’s Education Department Needs a Refresher in Statistics: Looking at Segregation in South Jersey

If you’re like most (all?) New Jerseyans I know, you wish our state school system wasn’t the sixth-most segregated in the country. If you’re like […]

January 25, 2023

By Contributor at January 25, 2023

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MCCLOUD: Newark School Board Gave the Superintendent A Secret Sweetheart Deal But It’s Not Too Late To Fix It

Shennell McCloud is CEO of Project Ready, a Newark-based nonprofit that works to increase voting in the city. Revelations that the contract of the Newark […]