July 11, 2024
Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced that Newark has topped Camden in the first ever FAFSA Challenge: Newark vs. Camden. The NJ Children’s Foundation also announced […]
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June 24, 2024
Superior Court Judge Lisa Adubato dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Newark Public Schools (NPS) district that claims KIPP Seek Academy, a public charter school […]
June 20, 2024
The school year is winding down but conversation remains heated in Newark Public Schools. Over the last week three stories have emerged: a controversial “Central […]
June 17, 2024
As a lifelong member of the Newark community, I was glad to read the recent Star-Ledger editorial which called out the facts about the plight […]
June 12, 2024
Bosun Lapite, a graduating senior at KIPP’s Newark Collegiate Academy, has received a full scholarship to Princeton University. Bosun, whose family hails from Nigeria, shared […]
June 11, 2024
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board originally published this commentary. After more than a decade of sturdy improvements in Newark schools, we are now seeing a tragic […]
June 10, 2024
By Ian T. Shearn and Alex Hunter. This story was originally published by The Jersey Vindicator. Sign up for their newsletter at The Jersey Vindicator […]
June 6, 2024
The new report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education, “Black Males in Public Education,” looks at ways in which 15 large school urban districts across […]
May 30, 2024
We all know Newark’s children are suffering, with most of them unable to read or do math: Currently only 29% of Newark district students can […]
May 17, 2024
Two Newark Public Schools teachers won in court after they charged, in separate filings, that then-principal of Rafael Hernandez School, Natasha Pared, had given them […]
May 3, 2024
This was originally published by the Star-Ledger Editorial Board. The money is running out for one of the only successful tools we have to fight […]
May 1, 2024
Newark School Board President Hasani Council says his top priority for this troubled district is raising student proficiency in reading and math. Today the Star-Ledger […]