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