“I will not be going to class while [my professors] are on strike,” a Rutgers student tweeted in solidarity.
It is “essential” for Newark voters to be aware of who the candidates are and their positions on the issues, one organizer said.
$134 million has been earmarked to expand a pair of college financial aid programs, Gov. Phil Murphy said during a roundtable in Newark.
The buzz continues to build about the School of Cosmetology at West Side, which prepares students for careers in the industry.
Property taxes will rise in school districts across New Jersey this year – but not in Newark (if voters give the budget final approval).
Newark voters will also get a chance to cast a ballot for the local school budget in the upcoming election on April 25.
"NJ still has not offered transparent data on the impact of the pandemic and the parallel reckoning of racial injustice for students."
No city or town in Essex County would lose school aid under Gov. Murphy’s proposed budget – but one would remain flat. See local totals.
Hundreds of New Jersey districts may get more school aid from the state, others may lose some. Here’s where Newark stands.
Large groups of underserved students are being clustered together. Schools are being stretched thin – and it’s getting worse, a report says.
Rutgers AAUP-AFT President: “Our members are fed up and ready to do something about it.”
The nature of the complaints isn’t clear, a report says.
VIDEO: The Newark school board gathered for a regular public meeting at Belmont Runyon Elementary School.
An African American studies classes is expanding in New Jersey next year. Six of 26 high schools that will be teaching it are in Newark.
"The struggle continues for many historians, especially the Black historian, to protect the factual history of Black people."
Black history is being wiped out of schools across the nation, activists claim. But change is coming in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy says.
The flag raising at Weequahic High School was held in an attempt to “fire up the conscious levels” of students and staff, a teacher said.
Gov. Phil Murphy was among those who had high praise for the newly transformed Essex County Newark Tech School.
Watch a video of the Newark Board of Education’s latest meeting.
Roger León’s work contract automatically renewed, igniting a controversy about transparency in New Jersey’s largest school district.
Pillar College has been included as a 2022-2023 “Top Performer on Social Mobility in National Liberal Arts Colleges.”
AeroFarms has been growing its “community farm” program in Newark, where it has a corporate headquarters.
The new partnership aims to help students who struggle with attendance, or are chronically absent from the city’s high schools.
Two high-achieving students from Newark have made the grade. They plan to become a medical doctor and a computer engineer.
Enrollment dropped to an “all-time low” when state officials controlled the district. But that’s been changing over the past few years.
Video: Want to know what a “caring classroom” looks like? Ask Donna Beck, an English teacher in Essex County.
The Newark Teachers Union is asking the board of education to extend a $1,000 stipend to a range of “per diem” employees.
Boston College. Columbia University. Bowdoin College. These are the schools that four seniors at St. Benedict’s Prep earned their way into.
“Rutgers works because we do – and we have the power to make it stop working, too, if that’s what it takes,” a union leader said.
A new school. A state-of-the-art bakery. And a milestone pre-K ballet program. Catch up with some smile-inducing upgrades in Newark.
Sen. Ruiz: “It’s time we tear down the stigmas around menstruation and period poverty, and find solutions that are fair and common sense.”
The Archdiocese of Newark provides $150,000 annually to the “We Are Living Stones” Catholic Tuition Assistance Program.
John Keene, a certified poetic “genius” who teaches at Rutgers-Newark, earned a prestigious award for his latest work.
The Newark Public School District will have to reimburse hundreds of employees for nearly $1 million in sick days and pay, a report says.
A panel of education experts will hold a public webinar about New Jersey’s statewide assessment tests on Nov. 30.
The new system will defund a program that has been in place for decades. Here’s why the Murphy administration says it’s time for a change.
Families will have the opportunity to learn about the programs offered in the city's schools and PK providers firsthand.
The interactive program allows parents and students to find and select after school and out of school time programs by using a virtual map.
Hoboken resident and Seton Hall Prep teacher Juliette Wester is nominated for the NJCAPE Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year Award.
NJ School Development Authority: A new list of projects includes two new pre-K to Grade 8 schools in Newark.