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Where Have You Gone, Cory Booker?
By Laura Waters, Cory Booker has been lost in the horde of Democratic candidates vying to defeat President Donald Trump in 2020, polling at a meager 2 percent and barely making it onto the debate stage. But he can turn this around by proudly owning his role in Newark’s upward educational trajectory that he described three years ago…Read More…
Newark School Showed ‘Substantial Progress’ In Booker Era: Study
By Eric Kiefer, NEWARK, NJ — A new report found that Newark’s public schools made “substantial progress” from 2006 – the year U.S. Sen. Cory Booker was elected mayor – through the final year of state control of the city’s schools in 2018. Test scores, graduation rates, and student growth rates in Newark rose at district and…Read More…
New Jersey Children’s Foundation Report on Newark Schools Shows Dramatic Student Progress as Students Make Gains in Graduation Rates, Test Scores
By Yahoo Finance, As Cory Booker campaigns for president, many are asking: have the schools in Newark improved since he was elected mayor in 2006? A new report by the New Jersey Children’s Foundation, a non-profit organization aimed at promoting a fact-based discussion about public education in Newark, finds Newark’s public schools made substantial progress from 2006 through the…Read More…
Newark Schools Show Dramatic Improvement During Past Decade
By Kei-Sygh Thomas, NEWARK, NJ – Newark schools have achieved significant gains over the last decade, according to a report from the New Jersey Children’s Foundation. Both district and charter schools have seen growth in test scores, graduation rates, and student growth rates from 2006 to 2018. The report, compiled by using publicly available test data for grades three…Read More…
New Newark Report: Improvements in Academic Growth for Children in Both District and Charter Schools But There’s More Work To Do.
By Laura Waters, The New Jersey Children’s Foundation (NJCF) just issued an analysis called “A New Baseline: Progress in Newark’s District and Charter Schools from 2006 to 2018,” written by Jesse Margolis and Eli Groves of MarGrady Research. This inaugural project for NJCF fits neatly into its vision: providing clear, practical information so that all people —…Read More…
NJ Children’s Foundation: Report On Newark Schools Show Dramatic Student Progress
By Insider NJ, A new report finds Newark’s public schools made substantial progress from 2006 through the final year of state control of Newark’s schools in 2018. Test scores, graduation rates, and student growth rates are all up at both district and charter schools. The share of Black students in Newark attending a school that beat…Read More…
Newark Schools Improved During Booker Era, Study Shows
By David Wildstein, Newark public and charter schools saw their test scores, graduate rates and student growth rates improve between 2006 and the final year of state control in 2018, according to a new report by the New Jersey Children’s Foundation and MarGrady Research. These time period coincides large with Cory Booker’s tenure as the…Read More…
Exclusive: During Booker Era, Study Shows Newark Schools Took Huge Steps Forward — and It’s Not Just Charters That Improved
By Kevin Mahnken, In a study with broad implications for education and perhaps presidential politics, new data indicate that schools in Newark are performing at a much higher level than a decade ago. According to the report, released by MarGrady Research and funded by the nonprofit group New Jersey Children’s Foundation, academic performance in New Jersey’s…Read More…
REPORT ON NEWARK SCHOOLS SHOWS DRAMATIC STUDENT PROGRESS
Students Make Gains in Graduation Rates, Test Scores NEWARK – A new report finds Newark’s public schools made substantial progress from 2006 through the final year of state control of Newark’s schools in 2018. Test scores, graduation rates, and student growth rates are all up at both district and charter schools. The share of Black…Read More…
Newark Nonprofit Says Public, Charter Schools Can Co-Exist
By Eric Kiefer for Patch, It doesn’t have to be “us-versus-them” when it comes to Newark’s schools. That’s the mantra of a new nonprofit in the Brick City: the New Jersey Children’s Foundation (NJCF). Recently, the NJCF celebrated its launch with an ambitious goal… to show that public and charter schools can work together for…Read More…