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