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
Newark Nonprofit Says Public, Charter Schools Can Co-Exist
By Eric Kiefer for Patch, It doesn’t have to be “us-versus-them” when it comes to Newark’s schools. That’s the mantra of a new nonprofit in the Brick City: the New Jersey Children’s Foundation (NJCF). Recently, the NJCF celebrated its launch with an ambitious goal… to show that public and charter schools can work together for…Read More