Jody-Anne Jones got the Ryan Award because she “helps her students compete with peers who don't face the challenges of poverty."
KIPP Newark is 1 of 5 New Jersey high schools in the 80/80 Club: 85% of African-Americans go to college and 84% attend 4-year schools.
Tech-based education start-up aligns with technological university to address the challenges of technology progression for companies
NJIT conferred 2,885 bachelor’s and doctoral degrees at the 102nd commencement ceremony May 15 at the Prudential Center in Newark.
Towns with schools to crack the top 100 in NJ for 2018: West Caldwell, Millburn, Newark, Montclair, Glen Ridge, Bloomfield and East Orange.
Newark Schools’ 2018 “Teacher of the Year” Lourdes Reyes teaches grades 1 and 2, including students with autism.
NJIT will offer a new program this fall that puts students on the fast track to earn a master’s degree in one of six graduate programs.
Soda + rockets = a fun day of STEM activities for Newark children at “Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day.”
The NJIT Campus Gateway MLK Project consists primarily of the redevelopment of Blocks 2857 and 2858 of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
The program provides Newark preschool families with a “family pass” that gets them into free, local arts and culture events.
Students in New Jersey’s largest city rallied at City Hall in solidarity with a national day of protest against gun violence.
The Moving Newark Schools Forward slate may have swept an important school board election, according to early results.
Akinyele will discuss ways to make African/African American culture relevant to today's classroom and to community activism.
The Newark Rebellion of 1967 spawned a 50-year effort to racially diversify the legal profession. Read a brief history here.
“I’m blessed to have been born in a country that gives me the freedom to use my voice,” Rutgers student Ashley Vasquez said.
With its range of STEM-focused and academic programs, NJIT's Center for Pre-College Programs has become a model for pre-college education
The Murray Center for Women in Technology at NJIT will hold a one-day Women Designing the Future conference.
Patch reviews this week’s top stories in Newark and Essex County.
NJIT Splash aims to get high schoolers excited about learning and going to college
Student-led protests against gun violence took place across Essex County on March 14, including in Newark.
It’s called “The Skylab,” a 20-foot inflatable dome that serves as a portable planetarium.
NJIT is highlighted for their outreach efforts, financial aid opportunities and student support services.
Reports revealed on Wednesday that an ex-NJ teacher once got hired (and later fired) despite her publicized student sexual encounters.
NJIT is one of the nation's best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at an affordable price.
Newark’s principals, vice-principals and other high-ranking staff will get a hefty salary hike that “far exceeds the state average."
Latifah was born in Newark and grew up in East Orange. Rutgers-Newark will welcome her back home as its 2018 commencement speaker on May 14.
The Newark Public School District has officially regained local control after decades of being run by the state.
Joya Clark, a teacher at Sojourn High School at the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center in Newark, earned a $5,000 scholarship.
A Newark school is trying to fix tardiness by locking up students’ phones for the day if they’re late.
U.S. News & World Report ranks NJIT graduate computer information technology programs 17th among the “Best Online Programs”
New Jersey native and U.S. Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez visited Lafayette Street School in Newark to encourage kids to read.
Newark needs talented public school teachers to join the state’s largest district. Do you have what it takes to make a difference?
The Enrollment Fair will include presentations, demonstrations and conversations about the high school experience in Newark.
Were Essex County College administrators justified when they fired an adjunct professor after she defended a #BLM event on Fox News?
Irini Brassington, one of the grads, said that growing up in a family already in the med profession gave her a good start.
Jordan Thomas, a 2014 graduate of Newark’s University High School, earned a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
NJIT is offering students in Puerto Rico an opportunity to continue their studies for the spring 2018 semester.
The TRiO Programs of NJIT welcomed more than 300 female students for the Newark Public Schools 2017 Newark Girl Power Career Summit.
The Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP) at NJIT welcomes Bernard Harris, M.D., as an honorary member of its Advisory Board.
Partners from government and industry joined the NJIT community to celebrate the opening of Makerspace at NJIT