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We Should All Join the “War on Learning Loss”
As the world strives to return to normalcy, every week seems to bring us a deeper appreciation of the scale of learning loss and the human toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Newark the last two weeks delivered us the sad news that 9 of 10 students in Newark’s district schools are projected to fail…Read More…
NEW JERSEY CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION LAUNCHES MY SCHOOLS NEWARK
NEW JERSEY CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION LAUNCHES MY SCHOOLS NEWARK Online platform and web app to provide parents with empowering free digital research tool and ‘one-stop-shop’ with information on every school in Newark Newark, NJ – Today, the New Jersey Children’s Foundation (NJCF) announced the launch of My Schools Newark, a new online research tool and mobile-friendly…Read More…
The Human Toll of Anti-Charter Animus
Saying yes to expansion requests by top-performing schools would have cost the Murphy Administration almost nothing. The cost of saying no, however, is that hundreds of children across the state will have their education upended yet again, on the heels of two years of pandemic-related upheavals that exacerbated our already massive academic achievement gaps.Read More…
Poll: Newark Voters’ Support for Charter Schools Remains Steady While Concerns Grow Towards COVID’s Impact on Learning
By Tom Wiedmann, TAPinto Newark Support for public charter schools among Newark voters remains, but the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on student learning has many concerned, according to a recent poll commissioned by the New Jersey Children’s Foundation, a Newark-based education advocacy group. Change Research, a San Francisco-based data collection group, polled hundreds of Newark voters and found that 62%…Read More…
New Newark Poll: Voters Strongly Support Charters But Many Think Education in Newark Is On the ‘Wrong Track’
Posted OnJanuary 13, 2022 byBy Laura Waters, NJ Ed Report (https://www.njedreport.com/2022/01/13/new-newark-poll-voters-strongly-support-charters-but-many-think-education-in-newark-is-on-the-wrong-track/) Every year for the past three years New Jersey Children’s Foundation* has commissioned the progressive polling firm Change Research to measure the opinions of registered Newark voters on issues relevant to the city’s public education system. The voters have spoken: this new data, released this morning, shows that 62%…Read More…
THIRD ANNUAL PUBLIC OPINION POLL SHOWS NEWARK VOTER SUPPORT FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS REMAINS STRONG DURING PANDEMIC, BUT SHOWS LARGE DECLINE IN THOSE WHO THINK EDUCATION IS ON RIGHT TRACK
Posted OnJanuary 13, 2022 by***For Immediate Release*** January 13, 2022 Contact: press@njchildren.org THIRD ANNUAL PUBLIC OPINION POLL SHOWS NEWARK VOTER SUPPORT FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS REMAINS STRONG DURING PANDEMIC, BUT SHOWS LARGE DECLINE IN THOSE WHO THINK EDUCATION IS ON RIGHT TRACK Support for Charters is Even Higher Among Black Voters, Voters with Children, and Likely Baraka Voters Read More…Read More…
NEW GRANT FROM PRUDENTIAL HELPS EXTEND NEWARK UNITES TUTORING CENTER FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR
NEW GRANT FROM PRUDENTIAL HELPS EXTEND NEWARK UNITES TUTORING CENTER FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR Faith-Based Partnership Helps Address Need for High Dosage Tutoring For Newark Students https://greatoakslegacy.org/newark-unites-tutoring/ Newark, New Jersey – Newark’s Metropolitan Baptist Church, Great Oaks Legacy Charter School, and the New Jersey Children’s Foundation (NJCF) announced today that a grant from Prudential Financial…Read More…
NEWARK’S LOCAL EDUCATION ADVOCATES JOIN TOGETHER TO COMBAT COVID LEARNING LOSS
August 28, 2021 NEWARK’S LOCAL EDUCATION ADVOCATES JOIN TOGETHER TO COMBAT COVID LEARNING LOSS Faith-Based Partnership – “Newark Unites Tutoring Center” – to Address Dire Urgency Within City’s Public-School System https://greatoakslegacy.org/newark-unites-tutoring/ [Newark, New Jersey – August 18, 2021] With a series of recent data showcasing unprecedented learning loss within the Newark public school system, Newark’s Metropolitan…Read More…
MYTH BUSTED: NJ EDUCATION GROUPS REACT TO NEW BOSTON UNIVERSITY STUDY PROVING THAT NEWARK CHARTER SCHOOLS DO NOT PUSH OUT HIGH-NEED STUDENTS
Posted OnMay 11, 2021 byMay 11, 2021 Contact: press@njchildren.org MYTH BUSTED: NJ EDUCATION GROUPS REACT TO NEW BOSTON UNIVERSITY STUDY PROVING THAT NEWARK CHARTER SCHOOLS DO NOT PUSH OUT HIGH-NEED STUDENTS Study Showed the Opposite Was True: Students with Special Education, English Language Learners More Likely To Stay At Newark Charter Schools Than Traditional District Schools Newark, NJ –…Read More…