Superintendent Roger León says 33 of Newark’s oldest schools need replacements and estimates more than $2B is needed for all repairs and upgrades

The contract, for which members voted overwhelmingly, comes with 4.5% average annual raises

In 2019-20, the four-year high school graduation rate for Black boys in Newark Public Schools was 72%, compared with 86% for all students in the ...

The AI tool, still in its pilot phase, is designed to guide students as they progress through lessons and ask questions like a human tutor ...

"They say these cameras will help make schools safer,' says reporter Jessie Gómez

District leaders say the cameras are meant to make schools safer and will not invade privacy

The state approved charter-school expansion requests elsewhere, including in Paterson, Hoboken, Jersey City and Lakewood

Islah Tauheed comes from generations of educators and advocates for public education in the city

Newark Public Schools district pushes to reclaim properties as enrollment rebounds

The outcry concerns a book about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy

Union president says demands include higher salaries, more autonomy

For the second year in a row, most Newark students performed worse than pre-pandemic levels in reading

Clinton Hill Early Learning Center offers one solution for closing gaps in financing early childhood education

Only nine new school projects have been finished in the city since 2006

Only 19% of third graders passed the assessment this year, the lowest of any grade in the city for a second year in a row. 

The goal is to to help future educators get into classrooms more quickly and without thousands of dollars in debt

Newark agreed to resolve the violations by undertaking a range of measures

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

Some 120 positions have been filled by retirees in school districts across the state

Last spring, only 27% of Newark public school students reached proficiency levels