Newark’s schools have clearly improved, researcher says. But why?
By Jesse Margolis, As Cory Booker campaigns for president, many are asking: have the schools in Newark improved since he was elected mayor in 2006? In a study my co-author Eli Groves and I released, we find the answer to be yes. Since 2006, public school students in Newark have made substantial gains along a number of…Read More
Newark schools — traditional and charter — have made big gains since 2006, new report shows
By Patrick Wall, School closures, mass protests, and a boom in charter schools — the past decade was a tumultuous one for Newark schools. Yet, today, Newark students are better off academically than they were before. That’s the conclusion of a new report that looks at test scores and graduation rates at Newark’s traditional and charter schools…Read More
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