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'

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

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

Newark Teachers Union filed lawsuits in 2023 and 2024 demanding release of a scathing report of Newark School of Global Studies’ cultural dynamics and related ...

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

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

Union president says demands include higher salaries, more autonomy

Plus, Sen. Mike Testa on the budget, GOP agenda and offshore wind development

Roger León’s salary increase was a result of cost of living adjustments, according to board president Dawn Haynes

Roger León’s contract was renewed last May without public input

The extension of Roger León’s contract without any discussion with the school community has raised questions

Gov. Murphy announced the state mandate for masks in schools will end March 7

The process of defining the new normal begins Monday.

Scotch Plains-Fanwood school district is scheduled to reopen on Jan. 19, but parents are concerned that date will be pushed back like the many other ...

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 ...

New Jersey's 1.4 school kids prepped laptops and homework papers to participate in remote learning, as classrooms across the state shut down.

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 ...

Newark Public Schools and the Newark Public Library announced a joint initiative to hand out 45,000 free library cards.