Fate Uncertain for Bills Aimed at Slowing Down Switch to New State Testing
By John Mooney The administration is moving ahead with its implementation of PARCC, but may be open to a…
The Newark School Reform Wars
The city has a new mayor with a progressive mandate, but its schools are reeling from the market-based reforms…
Newark enrollment: Charter schools popular for elementary, district for high school
By Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger In the first round of the universal enrollment program, Newark parents preferred charter schools for…
High-School Students Disrupt Newark School Advisory Board Meeting
By John Mooney Session is adjourned after chanting protesters won’t quiet down and then refuse to leave The ongoing…
Newark Students Union Occupies Newark Public Schools
Newark students advocate for the Newark Promise at the Advisory Board business meeting then occupy after the board fails…
About 300 workers may lose jobs in Newark schools through layoffs, retirements
By Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger […] Newark Teachers Union president Joseph DelGrosso described the layoffs as retribution. The union endorsed…
Testimony: Create strong and effective neighborhood public schools that are safe, collaborative, and welcoming places
Testimony of AFTNJ President Donna M. Chiera NJ Assembly Education Committee, Thursday, May 15, 2014 To reclaim the promise…
Educators Help Put Baraka Over The Top, Schools Pose Daunting Challenge
By John Mooney New mayor’s consistent criticism of Superintendent Anderson and her ‘One Newark’ plan pays off at polling…
Newark streets besieged by Baraka’s, Jeffries’ colorful armies of volunteers
By Mark Di Ionno […] At the Broad Street headquarters of the Newark Teachers Union, the first wave of…
NTU President: Today’s Election Is a Victory for Newark’s Children
NEWARK, N.J.—Newark Teachers Union President Joseph Del Grosso’s statement on the election of Ras Baraka as Newark’s mayor. “The…
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