(Newark Public Schools)Critics ask why a contract for hotel and food-service training was awarded to local go-to embalmer for celebrities and political elite
(Newark Public Schools)Critics ask why a contract for hotel and food-service training was awarded to local go-to embalmer for celebrities and political elite
Courtesy of Gerri SuttonThe New Media High School website promises a September 2026 opening
(Patrick Wall /Chalkbeat)Contract was approved with little public review. Questions aren’t being answered
Erica S. Lee for ChalkbeatSuperintendent says scores this year are in line with national trends
(NJ Spotlight News)Pratt Institute worked with Newark Public Schools to help shape curriculum

Schools aim to reach students missing 10% or more of the year
(Erica Lee for Chalkbeat)Newark Public Schools district pushes to reclaim properties as enrollment rebounds
(Patrick Wall/Chalkbeat )The outcry concerns a book about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy
(Jessie Gómez/Chalkbeat)The competition is to see which city can achieve the highest application rate for federal student aid
(Erica Lee for Chalkbeat)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.
(Photo courtesy of Newark Public Schools)Interview with Juanita Greene, a Newark Vocational High School math teacher
(Patrick Wall/Chalkbeat)That's double the number from last year
(Christina Veiga; Chalkbeat)The aim is to accelerate learning and help students recover from pandemic-related learning loss
(MaraudersMap licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Openverse)Complaints about harassment at the Newark School of Global Studies are not new

The board has very little time to turn this situation around and give the community a say