The public school district rehired Mary Bennett and Raymond Lindgren to consult on career and technical education programs and to support ongoing school construction projects.

The state’s Schools Development Authority is in the early stages of building the new high school in the South Ward and demolishing Hawthorne Avenue Elementary School.

Superintendent Roger León says 33 of Newark’s oldest schools need replacements. He estimates more than $2 billion is needed for all repairs and upgrades.

Newark schools and organizations are offering free activities and meal assistance programs for students and their families this summer.

The Newark Board of Education promoted seven vice principals and a supervisor for the Office of Special Education to principals for the 2024-25 school year.

The Newark Board of Education’s 2020 lawsuit to reclaim the former district building argued that the city’s housing authority violated an agreement it had with the school board.

Board of education members approved the appointment of four district employees to executive leadership roles and hired a new communications director.

District leaders will spend more than a quarter of a million dollars to rehire a Memphis-based marketing firm tasked with recruiting up to 311 students.

Gov. Phil Murphy tasked New Jersey leaders to lead in AI-powered initiatives. New state guidance aims to help school districts pioneer the technology.

Lina Zapta is an educator at North Star Academy’s Washington Park High School, where the English learner turned Spanish teacher works to make her classroom ‘a space of trust and comfort.’