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In September 2020, the district plans to open a new high school, the Newark School of Global Studies, along with the Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School. (Pictured are students at East Side High School.) — In the Newark school district, where most students are Black or Hispanic, just 19% of juniors and seniors took an advanced course last year — about half the statewide rate. Above, students took a college-level class at East Side High School in 2018. (Patrick Wall / Chalkbeat)

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| April 26, 2022, 6:06pm UTC