December 3, 2020
(This post first appeared in Newark Neighborhood View.) As you know from my previous blog posts, my daughter attends West Side High School. Over the […]
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October 20, 2020
As reported by Chalkbeat yesterday: The Newark school system is preparing for students to return to classrooms part time beginning next month, though a final […]
October 6, 2020
Chalkbeat reported last week that Superintendent Roger Leon is claiming 99.8% of Newark Public Schools students were present for each day of remote learning from […]
September 29, 2020
I want to talk about one of the many reasons I started Newark Neighborhood View and one of the many reasons I can’t sleep at […]
February 14, 2020
Yesterday the Star-Ledger ran an op-ed by Deborah Smith Gregory, the president of Newark NAACP and chairperson of Alliance for Newark Public Schools, entitled, “Let’s […]
February 10, 2020
Last Tuesday a group of players on the junior varsity basketball team at Newark’s Malcolm Shabazz High School instigated a “violent attack” on their coach, […]
February 4, 2020
Boy, I bet you didn’t expect to see that headline from me. I just can’t help myself: After Newark Superintendent Roger Leon —with no guidance […]
February 3, 2020
Newark may have problems but one of them isn’t the production of drama. Recent example: Superintendent Roger Leon declared last month, ““I believe families should […]
January 29, 2020
What Happens When a Beloved Newark Charter School Is Threatened with Eviction? Ask Emma and Her Mom.
(This was originally published at Education Post.) Imagine that your 15-year-old daughter is enrolled in a public high school that you both chose for its […]
January 6, 2020
Last week Newark Superintendent Roger Leon wrote a letter to New Jersey Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet demanding that Repollet, NJ’s sole charter authorizer, not renew […]
December 18, 2019
Last night the Newark Board of Education renewed its collaboration with the city’s charter school sector by committing to continue the district’s universal enrollment system […]
December 4, 2019
The bottom line is that a larger share of Newark kids are reading and doing math on grade level again this year, and in so […]