January 31, 2023
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 […]
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January 27, 2023
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
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
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 […]
January 20, 2023
Newark Board of Education members and Superintendent Roger Leon are making national news—at least on social media—for a secret deal that extends Leon’s contract for […]
January 12, 2023
Newark Superintendent Roger Leon is on a crusade to suffocate the city’s charter school sector, despite its “best in the nation” status and popularity among […]
January 3, 2023
The Newark Board of Education has paid over one million dollars in legal fees since last June as it continues its quest, led by Superintendent […]
November 28, 2022
While Covid-19 was devastating schools, the Newark Board of Education decided to require teachers to use their sick days when they had to miss school […]
November 22, 2022
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 […]
November 17, 2022
Just when you think Newark Public Schools District can’t get any more dysfunctional, another perversion pops up. Example: today Chalkbeat reports that during October’s board […]
November 15, 2022
Newark Superintendent Roger Leon is on a spending spree, a newly-styled real estate magnate with plenty of money to burn given the district’s $1.2 billion […]
November 7, 2022
As many of you have read over the months, I like to try to create some good trouble in Newark. Sometimes I push the line, […]