June 26, 2023
Newark Superintendent Roger Leon has been on a quest to expand the school district’s footprint in order to counteract the popularity of the city’s public […]
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June 22, 2023
As we approach the end of the school year, it’s worth looking back at a pattern that has emerged regarding Newark superintendent Roger Leon. While […]
June 15, 2023
This article was originally published by The 74. For almost a decade, Newark Public Schools, New Jersey’s largest district, was celebrated for its universal enrollment system that […]
June 14, 2023
Newark Public Schools District has settled a federal civil lawsuit pressed by Ana Diaz Vega, who charged that a teacher’s aide at Quitman Street School […]
June 13, 2023
This is an editorial by the Star-Ledger Editorial Board and was first published here. Newark Superintendent Roger León is proposing a more than $2 billion […]
June 1, 2023
In 1989, the Walking the Path pilot program was developed to transition students with special needs at John F. Kennedy (JFK) High School into custodial worker roles […]
May 25, 2023
The New Jersey Children’s Foundation released a new poll from Public Opinion Strategies, one of the nation’s leading public opinion political research firms, showing support […]
May 24, 2023
Journalist Therese Jacob first published this in TapintoNewark. The Newark Board of Education recently bought back a dilapidated school building in the city that the […]
May 22, 2023
Newark students have suffered considerable learning loss from school closings and remote instruction during the pandemic, with only 19 % of third-grade district students passing […]
May 17, 2023
This op-ed, written by the Star-Ledger Editorial Board, was first published here. Success is hard to find in urban public schools these days, especially given […]
May 16, 2023
Paula White, the Executive Director of JerseyCAN, the non-profit focused on education advocacy, is launching a new collaboration called the New Jersey Legacy of Literacy […]
May 15, 2023
Dear Newark School Board members, As you approach the reorganization of a newly-constituted school board, what are your intentions? Are you comfortable with district oversight […]