District management
This year’s goals include plans to boost enrollment in AP Seminar, provide more public speaking opportunities for students, and serve as a model for other school districts.
The new building will replace a building without windows or a playground that Gateway Academy students currently attend. The network also plans to build a wellness center and affordable housing.
Nine new principals, five new directors, and five assistant superintendents are stepping into roles this September.
Hasani Council was reinstalled as president. Quamid Childs, Mark Comesañas, and Jordy Nivar also took their oaths on Thursday.
A group of Republicans wants more scrutiny of Newark Public Schools’ finances after the district proposed a nearly $500 million lease agreement for a new school.
The New Media High School website promises a September 2026 opening and a school that will prepare a new generation of “content creators, filmmakers, and digital entrepreneurs.”
Teachers and staff who live in Newark and other parts of the state worried about getting to school on Tuesday after some parts of the city got up to 25 inches of snow.
A new state law requires all New Jersey school districts to prohibit the use of cellphones during school hours, but new policies must allow for exceptions.
At a session on district approaches to equity training during the Council of Great City Schools conference on Friday, León said leadership teams help identify challenges in the city’s public schools.
Since Newark took its schools back in 2020, questions remain about the community's influence and whether local control lived up to its promise of a better education for students.
Superintendent Roger León’s current contract has three years remaining, but the Newark Board of Education has quietly taken steps to extend his tenure an additional two years.
The state education board certified Newark Public Schools’ compliance with meeting state standards, after two years of dismal student outcomes on standardized tests.
The district settled with ex-school board member Dawn Haynes and her daughter, Chalkbeat has learned, but continues to keep details of the agreement and reasons for Haynes’ departure quiet.
Melissa Reed will fill a seat left empty after a long-serving member abruptly resigned last month.
El distrito calificó las declaraciones del legislador de "infundadas e indignantes" y sus llamados "exponen conceptos erróneos profundamente arraigados sobre nuestro distrito y, más generalmente, los distritos escolares urbanos de Nueva Jersey".
The district called the lawmaker's statements "baseless and outrageous."
The Newark Board of Education approved a new five-year agreement for nurses that provides 4.5% annual raises and aligns their workday schedules with district teachers.
The former and current school board members are disputing a school ethics complaint filed by Newark School of Global Studies principal Nelson Ruiz.
Sin cambios significativos en las evaluaciones de lectura, matemáticas y ciencias, el distrito no alcanzó los objetivos fijados en su plan de mejora.
With no significant change in reading, math, and science assessments, the district failed to meet goals outlined in its improvement plan.