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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 […]
November 22, 2022

Newark Superintendent Promised to Fix the Chronic Absenteeism Problem. New Data Shows He Hasn’t.

More than half of our students were rarely absent at 50.7%. That’s Rochanda Jackson, executive director of Newark schools’ Office of Policy, Planning, Evaluation and […]