
The FBI is interested in probing New Horizons, a school on probation for three years. Why aren’t New Jersey education officials?

The FBI is interested in probing New Horizons, a school on probation for three years. Why aren’t New Jersey education officials?
(Hannah Gross/NJ Spotlight News)The new requirements change rules on admission, enrollment, athletics
AP Photo/Mel EvansNew charter schools could be more diverse than traditional districts
(AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)GOP candidate for governor would give $8,000 per student to any family that sends its child to private school

A parent of three students in the school system shares her priorities
(P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)Harder to plan for district as enrollment declines in traditional schools, superintendent says
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Mediation in lawsuit over New Jersey’s segregated schools began in October 2023

(NJ Spotlight News)Lawmakers promise oversight bill, charters agree on need for greater accountability

(P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)The only district still under state control, Camden City School District has made real progress — just not enough
(Taylor Jung; NJ Spotlight News)In Newark, one-third of public-school students attend charter schools. The 2023-24 school year is a pivotal one for all NJ public schools

Advocates say they hope Department of Education will reconsider

‘It’s a huge win for the charter school movement,’ said one attorney

Report finds the number of Black teachers in Camden fell by 22% since 1999

Community members are outraged that the Camden school district is closing three elementary schools at the end of the school year.

The pandemic-postponed school board election in Newark will have no one going to a school, community center or fire station to cast a vote. It's ...

METS campuses in Newark and Jersey City have been plagued by low academic achievement, chaotic classrooms and high staff turnover.

Superintendent Roger Leon has recommended the state not renew four charter schools in Newark, a move that many see as the reigniting of Newark's charter ...

The lawsuit asserts that charter schools contribute to the state's ranking as the sixth-most segregated state in the US for black students and seventh for ...