Newark Public Schools students with disabilities learn about consent, inclusivity, and healthy relationships through Planned Parenthood’s sex education workshops.

Newark Public Schools received a $25,000 grant to support the expansion of Khanmigo, an artificial intelligence tutoring tool used in schools.

The open enrollment period for Newark Public Schools and city charter schools began on Nov. 2. Families must use separate applications to apply for traditional public or charter schools.

On Thursday, union President John Abeigon said he doesn’t know if the racial report on Newark’s School of Global Studies will be released after reaching a deal with the district.

Through a partnership with Newark Public Schools and a grant from MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving Foundation, NJ LEEP will launch its programs at two city high schools.

The district on Thursday said it would appeal a state judge’s ruling that dismissed a 2020 lawsuit to reclaim the former Maple Avenue school building and ordered Newark to pay nearly $800,000 to a nonprofit connected to KIPP NJ.

The initiative, from My Brothers Keeper and Rutgers Newark, aims to prepare educators to help advance post-pandemic recovery.

The Newark Teachers Union reached a tentative settlement with the district on Monday in lawsuits seeking the release of a scathing report on the racial dynamics at Newark’s School of Global Studies that Superintendent Roger León said would remain internal.

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.