Asia Norton: “The harms done to this district were not done overnight. And so neither will the remedies.”
A senior at Technology High School in Newark is the $25,000 National Honor Society Scholarship winner.
Rutgers School of Health Professions’ Physician Assistant program ranks best in New Jersey and top-ranked nationally
The last remaining districts have been reported in the 2023 Newark school election, officials said Monday. See the results here.
Who is leading the race for the Newark Board of Education? Will the school district’s budget pass? See early results here.
Less than three percent of eligible voters cast ballots last year, a number that Newark advocates are hoping to change.
John Abeigon said he’s grateful for his peers’ confidence as the union heads into next year’s contract negotiations.
The April 25 election is getting closer in Newark, and there is plenty of competition for available seats on the board of education.
The ongoing labor struggle also saw comments from Sen. Teresa Ruiz and Assembly members Eliana Pintor Marin and Shanique Speight.
“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.”