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

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

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