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Newark Enrolls

Newark Enrolls

Newark
December 5, 2018

In Newark, universal enrollment was in danger. So charters started planning a separate system.

As charter leaders negotiated with Newark's superintendent over the citywide enrollment system, they also explored a charter-only alternative.

Newark Enrolls

Newark
December 4, 2018

Newark’s new superintendent defended the enrollment system. Now can he make it work?

Several challenges lie ahead for the enrollment system, including a leadership vacuum and an anxious charter sector.

Newark Enrolls

Newark
November 30, 2018

In Newark, bilingual students gain an edge in the enrollment process

Students who are still learning English will be given preference when they are underrepresented among a school's applicants.

Transparency Tracker

Newark
November 16, 2018

‘No secret agreements’: Newarkers demand details of district-charter enrollment deal

The Newark school board voted Monday to continue an enrollment partnership with charter schools. Details of the deal have not been released.

Board Approved

Newark
November 14, 2018

Newark will keep universal enrollment for now — even as key dispute between charter schools and city appears unresolved

The Newark school board voted to preserve the city's online application system for at least another year. But key details remain unresolved.

Charter Dispute

Newark
Updated November 9, 2018

As León pushes for changes, some charters consider leaving Newark’s unified enrollment system

Newark's new superintendent wants to change how the universal enrollment system works. Now, some charter schools are considering leaving.

departures

Newark
July 19, 2018

As fate of ‘Newark Enrolls’ is debated, top enrollment officials resign

Gabrielle Ramos-Solomon and Kate Fletcher, who oversaw the district's enrollment system, both resigned shortly after the superintendent tried to oust them.

policy promise

Newark
July 3, 2018

Newark’s district-charter enrollment system is here to stay, new superintendent said in meeting

Superintendent Roger León told charter-school leaders that he will preserve the controversial system, called Newark Enrolls.

Enrollment 101

Newark
June 18, 2018

Should ‘Newark Enrolls’ be scrapped? A guide to the debate over Newark’s controversial enrollment system

The system lets families apply to multiple schools in one place. But some say it was designed to funnel students into charter schools.

match day

Newark
April 20, 2018

On high school match day, two-thirds of Newark eighth graders want magnet schools — but far fewer will get them

Students can apply to up to eight schools, but they only get matched with one. They find out which one on April 20.