The Newark School of Architecture and Interior Design is expected to open next fall in the city’s East Ward after long-standing wage complaints that have delayed the project for three years.
The Newark School of Architecture and Interior Design is expected to open next fall in the city’s East Ward after long-standing wage complaints that have delayed the project for three years.
This school year, Newark Public Schools faces high costs, public transit problems, and rising demand to get nearly 40,000 students to school on time.
Gov. Phil Murphy and fellow lawmakers recently joined student activists in a push to lower the voting age for school elections.
The latest set of state standardized test results highlight the ongoing efforts needed to help students refine English language arts and math skills following pandemic-era learning disruptions.
One year after a state law was enacted, there’s little indication of how it’s working to keep schools safe.
Newark Public Schools was granted a federal extension allowing school districts to wrap up projects funded by federal COVID relief dollars as it continues to deal with its facilities needs.
With phone policies under the microscope this school year, how are teachers, students, and administrators adjusting?
Los estudiantes de inglés representan más de una cuarta parte de la matrícula del distrito este año escolar. Los líderes del distrito están trabajando para contratar más maestros bilingües que se comuniquen en diferentes idiomas.
At a recent public hearing, educators across the state urged lawmakers to cut down the administrative paperwork involved in the current teacher evaluation process.
A 2012 settlement agreement required Newark Public Schools to reach 95% compliance with federal and state timelines for identifying and evaluating students with disabilities.
The number of Newark Public Schools students in need of special education services is rising. During the first week of school, some students with disabilities missed class due to enrollment issues.
Newark Public Schools officials had planned to have the cameras installed by Aug. 31 before the start of the new school year. But challenges in connecting the required cabling through school buildings are delaying the project, sources say.
This year, Newark’s nearly 40,000 students were expected to arrive at school by 8:15 a.m. Students felt a mix of excitement and nervousness as they embarked on a new year.
More than 40,000 students are expected to return to classrooms next week and, under a new schedule this year, can expect a longer school day.
Más de 170 estudiantes y exalumnos de Newark compartieron las barreras que les impidieron ir a la escuela y permanecer allí. El Newark Opportunity Youth Network publicó las conversaciones en un portal en línea.
Elementary charter schools dealt with hard transitions back to school while middle schoolers got to know their tutors as charter networks kicked off the new school year.
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Paying for school supplies can have a significant financial impact on some families. Local groups in Newark are giving away free haircuts, backpacks, helmets, and other supplies this month.
In an interview this week, León detailed how teachers talked about plans to use artificial intelligence in the classroom, the district’s ongoing facilities needs, and how COVID relief dollars supported schools.
Gov. Phil Murphy held the bill signing in Newark, where third grade literacy rates plummeted after the COVID pandemic.
All students will arrive and leave school at the same time under the new schedule. The hours also guarantee all teachers a 45-minute lunch break.
Hearings scheduled in Newark Teachers Union open records cases over unreleased Global Studies report
The teachers union filed lawsuits in 2023 and 2024 demanding the release of a scathing report of Newark School of Global Studies’ cultural dynamics and other related documents.
More than 170 Newark students and alumni shared the barriers that kept them from going to school and staying there. The Newark Opportunity Youth Network posted the conversations in an online portal.
Newark’s AileyCamp aims to follow dancer and director Alvin Ailey’s mission to expose children, especially those from diverse backgrounds, to a high-quality experience in the arts.
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.
As pandemic-era waivers ended, many students lost access to free school meals. But a new state law aims to supplement federal meal assistance.
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.
New Jersey state school board nominees await confirmation to oust members opposed to new equity code
Vote looms on Murphy nominations, replacing ‘parental rights’ advocates
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.’
The state school board association would help districts obtain electric school buses under a proposed bill that recently advanced out of committee.