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
A New Baseline: Progress in Newark’s District and Charter Schools from 2006 to 2018
Overview Newark faces yet another crossroads moment in public education. After years of tumultuous reforms, Newark children and their educators accomplished something truly historic: they created a citywide system of schools where kids are learning more today than they were when Mayor Cory Booker took office in 2006–and this progress has continued in the four…Read More