Auditors said they discovered $6.7 million in excess state aid and questionable spending on health benefits, among other issues.
Superintendent Roger León said families should be able to see their children’s scores online around Oct. 7. The delay left Newark educators without benchmarks at the start of the school year.
Experts say having a single application for all schools can improve equity and make families’ lives easier. But it takes political buy-in to create and maintain.
Auditors said they discovered $6.7 million in excess state aid and questionable spending on health benefits, among other issues.
Superintendent Roger León said families should be able to see their children’s scores online around Oct. 7. The delay left Newark educators without benchmarks at the start of the school year.
Experts say having a single application for all schools can improve equity and make families’ lives easier. But it takes political buy-in to create and maintain.
En lugar de arriesgar la oportunidad de su hijo de 16 años de ir a la universidad en EE. UU., una familia inmigrante de Newark deja el país por su propia cuenta.
Higher-level algebra may be a trouble spot, data suggest, while most third and fourth graders miss the reading mark.
As Newark students return to classrooms, district leaders are focused on getting kids to school on time, limiting cellphone distractions, and improving literacy and achievement.
Rather than risk their 16-year-old son’s chance of going to college in the U.S., an immigrant family in Newark is leaving the country on their own terms.
A funeral home director best known for handling Whitney Houston’s funeral got a contract to provide hospitality training to students. Experts question the decision.
Teachers say they are rethinking lesson plans and routines after immigration arrests and deportation orders rose over the summer in the state.
District leaders say the new rate is the best in district history.
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.
From new leadership to delayed state test results and a new cellphone ban, here’s what to expect for the 2026-27 school year.
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.
As Newark families prepare to head back to class, local groups across the city are hosting school supply giveaways.
The transition to phone-free schools could reduce distractions and improve academic performance, but there are concerns too.
Hundreds of tutors were ready to work with students this summer, but not that many signed up. Organizers are figuring out why.
This year’s freshman students will be the first class to attend the new school, which will focus on preparing kids for careers in content creation and entertainment.
Nine new principals, five new directors, and five assistant superintendents are stepping into roles this September.
Teachers scrambled to fill the gap by creating games to fit in small gym spaces and falling back on “good old school stuff.”
Hopeworks Newark trains young adults to work with AI, including mock interviews with digital assistants.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten toured a Newark school hoping it would prove her wrong about AI in schools. Instead, it confirmed her concerns.
The new state budget signed this week includes funding for a program dubbed the School-Based Partnerships for Access and Resilience, or Spark, which will be launched as a pilot program before expanding to all of New Jersey’s schools.
Superintendent Roger León said the fix has been having elementary school graduations in the morning and high schools in the afternoon, but venue shortages make that a hard promise to keep.
School districts must provide language support services to students, but implementation looks different from district to district, with no real way to track their impact on pre-K multilingual learners.
Newark Public Schools’ state test scores are still below pre-pandemic levels. Will expanding high-impact tutoring help?
A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality finds a glass half full and half empty.
‘I think teachers really feel helpless,’ a Newark educator said as immigration protests at Delaney Hall have escalated.
Newark’s charter school enrollment growth is slowing down, and so is enrollment in the traditional public schools. Where are students going?
As New Jersey lawmakers push for financial literacy requirements, students learn money management skills through the teacher-developed Financially L.I.T course.
Newark Public Schools students are improving faster than 93% of districts nationwide but are still two grade levels behind, according to a new report.
The district’s largest student demographics, driven by a rise in immigrant families and multilingual learners, is beginning to slow.
Latino Action Network, a plaintiff in the case, had asked for the Supreme Court to step in but court officials announced Monday that the justices decided not to weigh in yet.
The FBI is interested in probing New Horizons, a school on probation for three years. Why aren’t New Jersey education officials?
Hasani Council was reinstalled as president. Quamid Childs, Mark Comesañas, and Jordy Nivar also took their oaths on Thursday.
Teach For America New Jersey gathered Newark leaders to address the urgent goal of ensuring every child in the state reads on grade level.
Newark Public Schools feared bilingual students were being misidentified for special education services, so officials asked Rutgers for help.