No podía hablar para contarle qué pasó en la escuela. Ahora él está a salvo — y ella exige respuestas

He couldn't speak to tell her what happened at school. Now he's safe -- and she's demanding answers.

Pace of learning picked up after pandemic, though students still behind. What's next, now that pandemic stimulus funding is gone?

Superintendent Roger Leon says COVID-19 relief funds properly spent, defends $500 million building lease as 'a great strategy'

Finding land, state funding and environmental concerns have complicated solutions

'It's a lot of money,' says Baraka, and suggests that state, rather than city, should handle the construction

Lease would cost $1 million a month, according to school board, which declined to give details about the developer at a public meeting

The New Media High School website promises a September 2026 opening

Contract was approved with little public review. Questions aren’t being answered

Superintendent says scores this year are in line with national trends

Pratt Institute worked with Newark Public Schools to help shape curriculum

When Newark took its schools back after 25 years, the moment marked the beginning of an era for New Jersey’s largest school system.

Schools aim to reach students missing 10% or more of the year

The district will also teach financial literacy classes to students, parents

Newark students first to vote in school elections

Most Newark students are still performing below grade-level proficiency in reading, math and science

Newark Public Schools leaders failed to ‘quickly and consistently’ respond to racist and bigoted incidents against Black students and teachers

The district is now meeting federal and state schedules for identifying and evaluating special ed students

English language learners make up more than a quarter of the district’s enrollment this school year

All students will arrive and leave school at the same time under the new schedule. The hours also guarantee all teachers a 45-minute lunch break