(AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)A look at the disparity in performance between these two New Jersey cities
(AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)A look at the disparity in performance between these two New Jersey cities
(P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)Harder to plan for district as enrollment declines in traditional schools, superintendent says
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Community members are outraged that the Camden school district is closing three elementary schools at the end of the school year.

PARCC scores in Camden are up -- is the state takeover the reason?

A community plagued by guns and drugs presents its own proposal to take back the streets. Can neighbors fix what officials can't? Can revitalizing Camden's ...

In the three years since the state took control of the failing Camden school district, graduation rates have risen from less than half to 70 ...

After finding elevated levels of lead in the water at 30 schools, the Newark public school system is seeking permission to conduct blood tests on ...

A policy change on who can donate blood. After three decades of advances in HIV testing and treatment gay men can once again be donors. ...

Paymon Rouhanifard said Camden schools are moving to one application with one deadline for students and parents wishing to change schools. He says it's a ...

Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard discusses the recent release of PARCC results and how change has been slow and steady since his appointment.

Call it the Christmas rush, lawmakers vote on funding public employee pensions and the Transportation Trust Fund, hiking the gas tax and allowing casinos in ...

Governor Christie's back in the state. He's still in the presidential race, and still committed to criminal justice reform that opts for treatment over incarceration. ...

A group of organizers met outside a conference in downtown Camden, in hopes of Confronting Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard. Organizers say they want full local control ...

Has turning off the red light cameras made cities less safe? That's the pitch lawmakers are hearing from red light camera operators. They want a ...

In Camden, a couple of High School seniors prepare to graduate after having to overcome obstacles from homelessness. About 500 students within the Camden schools ...

A bold move to save Camden schools. An office pool ballooned into big time betting gets busted. Money to rebuild the Long Branch boardwalk. But ...

Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard is trying to get community buy-in for his plan to turn over operation of five city schools to private non-profits.

The state budget? Paterson people sound off. The state of Newark? Broke and begging for help. Enlisting parents to help Camden schools. A huge advance ...

Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard unveiled a site at the Kroc Center that he hopes will be a hub for the community outside of schools.