'Clarity' clarity

We read Roger León’s Clarity 2020 plan for Newark’s schools so you don’t have to. Here’s what to expect in the next year.
Newark

July 15, 2019

comings and goings

Newark

July 12, 2019

León appoints Newark school district veterans to oversee academics, facilities, and student support

Urgent repairs

Newark

July 9, 2019

Newark school buildings raised safety concerns. Why haven’t they been fixed?

'I'm the boss'

Newark

July 2, 2019

During his first year in charge, Roger León started reshaping Newark’s schools — and promised bigger changes to come

safer streets

Newark

Updated July 1, 2019

Newark’s ‘Safe Passage’ program, meant to ease school commutes, is set to expand

Local Control

Ballot Bid

Newark

April 2, 2019

A Newark voters’ guide to the 11 candidates vying for three school board seats

The candidates shared their thoughts on absenteeism, charter schools, and more ahead of the April 16 election.

progress report

Newark

January 24, 2019

After a year back in control, Newark’s school board is about to get its first report card

Newark's school board will soon receive a progress report that will help determine whether it keeps control of the district.

Blank Space

Newark

November 12, 2018

In Newark, how did most voters respond to ballot questions about schools? They didn’t.

Nearly 60 percent of Newark voters left the two education ballot questions blank on election day.

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more than a paycheck

Newark

July 8, 2019

3,000 Newark youths start summer jobs through city employment program

Hundreds of young people packed into the bleachers at a community college in Newark on Monday. They were all there for one reason — to start their summer jobs.

STEM scholars

Newark

Updated June 28, 2019

Three Newark students selected to attend NJIT on full scholarships

Three Newark students are receiving new, full-ride scholarships to one of the state's premier universities — and expectations for what they'll accomplish there are high.

leadership changes

Newark

June 27, 2019

Several Newark schools will lose vice principals, get new leaders amid staffing shakeup

At least 35 vice principals are exiting their posts as Superintendent León slims down the corps of school administrators. At least six principals are also departing.

change at the top

Newark

June 27, 2019

Nicole T. Johnson, North Ward principal, to become deputy superintendent of Newark schools

Nicole T. Johnson, principal of Newark's Elliott Street School, will replace Gerald Fitzhugh II as the district's deputy superintendent.

Campaigns and elections

Campaigns and elections

Newark

May 10, 2019

Advocacy group poured nearly $100,000 into Newark school board race

Great Schools for All, an advocacy group with charter school connections, spent more than $97,000 supporting three candidates in Newark's school board race.

special interests

Newark

April 12, 2019

Charter schools-aligned group spends big in Newark school board race

A group called Great Schools for All, which has ties to charter schools, has spent heavily to help elect candidates to Newark's school board.

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One year in, Gates-funded networks of schools are getting off the ground — and more are on the way

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