
Roger Leon looks to use the district's past to inform its new direction.

Roger Leon looks to use the district's past to inform its new direction.

Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf discusses the health of the school district and how Newark Enrolls differs from One Newark.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka blames Gov. Christie and state management for the $72 million budget hole facing the city's school district and a proposed 10.3 ...

Christie's wrath. He castigates Democrats for trying to hike the gas tax, minimum wage and pension payments, calling them "animals at the gate." The governor ...

Violent crime meets "operation swift justice" in Paterson. Local and state law enforcers plan to blanket "silk city" for a zero-tolerance approach to crime. If ...

From the announcement of Christie's presidential run, to progress on the Gateway Tunnel, and the $225 million Exxon settlement for pennies on the dollar, 2015 ...

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 ...

Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf discusses the release of PARCC scores that show below average student performance. He also discusses the timeline of control being handed ...

Missed deadlines for Atlantic City. It failed to meet the deadline to pay a court-ordered tax refund. But legislators failed to meet the deadline to ...

This November, Newark’s School District agreed to address alleged discrimination via an investigation from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.

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 ...

Newark superintendent Chris Cerf presented a state-mandated annual report on the status of Newark's state-controlled schools.

NJ Decided and the results are in. The fewest voters ever to turn out gave Democrats their largest majority in 36 years. But is it ...

Newark is at a crossroads. Crime is up and the human cost of fighting it mounts. The future of public safety, public schools, public housing. ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka discussed the state of the Newark Public Schools and how eager he is for the schools to go back to local ...

School Days in an urban district where top-down reformers failed to consider the role of poverty in kids ability to learn. When it comes to ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been handing out school supplies to students throughout the city, where 42 percent of kids live in poverty. Meanwhile former ...

In the pennies on the dollar Exxon deal the judge calls it reasonable. Critics threaten to appeal, concerned not enough money will actually be spent ...

New Newark Public Schools Superintendent Chris Cerf attend the school board meeting, where he outlined a five part proposal on how the district could return ...