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Newark Public Schools to Pay Over $300M for Trade HS Under New 30-Year Lease

Jessie Gómez

Newark High School Students Learn About AI Through Career Exploration

Jessie Gómez

‘I’m Just So Worried’: Newark Educators Fear Federal Funding Cuts Will Have Devastating Consequences

Jessie Gómez

KIPP’s Night Kindergarten in Newark: A Rare ‘Bright Spot’ in COVID’s Dark Days

Linda Jacobson

Unreleased Report Details Racism Faced By Teens, Teachers at New Jersey School

Catherine Carrera

NJ Nonprofit Offers Hands-On STEM Learning to Low-Income Students at 150 Schools

Lauren Wagner

In Cities With School Choice, Low-Income Kids Catching up to Wealthier Peers

Lauren Camera

Newark Students with Disabilities Miss Class During First Week of School

Jessie Gómez

Newark Public Schools to Install More Than 7,000 AI Cameras This Summer

Jessie Gómez

Reforming Schools and Helping Students: Key Lessons From Newark, New Jersey

Cami Anderson

Newark Coalition to Revamp School Lunches After Years of Parent Complaints

Samantha Lauten

Newark Schools Enrollment Surges as Teacher Vacancies Grow

Joshua Bay

How Newark’s Universal School Application Split in 2 — and What to Do About It

Laura Waters

Student Essay: Young People Being Pushed Out of School Need an Advocate

Tiffany Santos

What if Parents Could Use a ‘Zillow For Finding Schools’? In This City, They Can

Kristi Eaton

Rutgers to Provide Free Tuition to Undergrads From Low-Income Families

Sophie Nieto-Munoz

The Pandemic Set Back Student Learning. But This City Kept the Data Under Wraps

Patrick Wall

Study: Students Less Likely to Transfer Out of Newark Charter Schools

Kevin Mahnken

N.J.’s Only Alternative Charter High School Offers 2nd Chance

So’Nya Jordan

Analysis: New Data Show Newark’s Educators Are Driving Learning Gains That Outpace New Jersey’s Best-in-the-Nation Schools

Laura Waters

Analysis: Newark Poll Suggests We Can Rebuild a Stronger Bipartisan Coalition to Support Charter Schools & Better Educational Opportunity

Kyle Rosenkrans

McCloud & Marigna: It’s Not Just About Policing — 3 Ideas for Addressing Systemic Racism in Our Schools and Communities

Shennell McCloud & Vincent Marigna

Pandemic Planning: We Know the Inequities Black and Brown Students Face, and This Knowledge Requires Action

Nichelle Holder

Waters: Newark Voters Just Elected Their First Full School Board Since State Control Ended. And It’s One Ed Reformers & Foes Agree On

Laura Waters

A Mom’s View: Two Generations of School Choice Have Enabled My Newark Family to Meet the Challenges of Dyslexia and Thrive

Generra Rodriguez

Lee: Black History Demands We Break Down Barriers and Build Up Kids. How One School Network in Newark Answers the Call

Dominique Lee

Analysis: New Newark Poll Shows Majority of City’s Voters Favor School Options and Charter Schools. Democratic Presidential Candidates Need to Pay Attention

Laura Waters

Today Show Hosts Take Over as Teachers at Newark’s North Star Academy and Can’t Quite Believe What They See

Kathy Moore

Malkus & Martin: When It Comes to Merit Pay, Newark’s Teacher Contract Is Out With the New and in With the Old

Nat Malkus & RJ Martin