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The Plight of Students in Newark’s Public School System

Urban public schools, and Newark’s in particular, are in dire need of reform. Without change, they will continue to provide sub-par educations to our children. I know this because I was born in Newark...

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Mayor Baraka’s “December Surprise” – Read All About His Sneaky Christmas...

Way back in the beginning of 2015, last January to be exact, Mayor Ras Baraka sent an open letter to then state-appointed Superintendent Cami Anderson to resign because of her “blatant disregard” for...

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Disagree with Ras Baraka – He May Just Send His Enforcers

Who’s Next – Charter School Parents? By now all of Newark has heard the disturbing news from over the Holiday. Veteran activists Abdul Muhammad and Salaam Ismial, the co-chair of the New Jersey Study...

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Remember December 14, 2015 – A Date of Great Importance to New Jersey’s...

Good luck Mr. Abeigon, Mr. Braun and Ms. Rubin One month ago, this week, a groundbreaking event quietly occurred at the State Capital in Trenton. Parents from across New Jersey, mainly from cities like...

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Baraka’s Chief Education Office Travels to Montclair – And Participates in an...

What You Need to Know! A couple of weeks ago, the Newark Report pointed out a deliberately buried letter sent by Mayor Baraka to Education Commissioner Hespse. We found it suspect that such an...

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Quality Education Does Not Need To Be Divisive Or Ideological In Newark

Lets Look at Newark’s Own – Link Community Charter School Earlier this week, we reviewed the challenges facing education reform in Newark – the most perplexing issue for Newark’s parents being Mayor...

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Unbelievable – Mayor Baraka does it Again! First We Got the December...

A few weeks ago The Newark Report reported on Mayor Baraka’s “December Surprise.” Our issue of contention with the Mayor was not necessarily his anti-parent demand to Education Commissioner Hespe that...

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Why Are Newark Public Charter Students Ending Up in College, And Staying in...

We Found One of the Reasons – KIPP New Jersey’s KTC Program! Last week The Newark Report took a look at the Link Community charter school, where innovative strides are taking place in education. Link’s...

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Mayor Baraka – Please Stop Running Newark Like Cami Anderson is Still in Town

Mayor Baraka ran successfully for Mayor by focusing on the issue of education. As the Star Ledger recently noted, “In the mayoral race, he [Baraka] scored points by demonizing charter schools.” Don’t...

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NEWARKERS – Get to Know Today’s ELC!

It is Not Your Grandparents Education Law Center! A few weeks ago, The Newark Report highlighted an interesting end of the week “information dump” by Mayor Baraka to the Newark City Council. During...

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Abeigon’s Lucrative Way of Doing Things is Coming to an End

Let’s face it. It is easy to be critical of the Newark Teacher Union (NTU) President John Abeigon. Time and time again he has been on the wrong side of the issue when it comes to education in Newark....

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Seems Like Newark is Coming Together – Is “Unity” Tackling Our Education Issues?

SAB Election is April 19th – It Is Time to Start Thinking About What We Are Seeing Right Now in Newark In previous posts, the Newark Report has traced at length some of the unique challenges we have...

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The Newark Unity Slate – A Symbol for the Whole Country?

We are living in interesting times. Actually, let me rephrase – we are living in scary times. Like many of us over the weekend, I watched as news developed almost hourly regarding Donald Trump and this...

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NEWARK’S DISTRICT SCHOOL PIPES ARE POISONOUS AND ITS SCHOOL TO PRISON...

  Newarkers continue to pay for the sins of past administrations. No matter how successful in recent months the City of Newark has come together. No matter how much unity we may currently see in our...

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Poisoned Water Front Stage Today In Trenton: Ras Baraka and Kim Gaddy Show...

The alarming truth has finally been revealed: Our children are being poisoned! What makes this more disturbing is that elected and appointed officials were warned about this over 20 years ago AND THEY...

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HOPE vs. HOSTILITY – Which Toni Baskerville Will Show Up to the Next School...

Let’s begin the Spring season by congratulating Toni in becoming the next President of the Newark School Board. At this moment, as the Newark Report has previously posted, this is truly an amazing...

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Newark’s Elected School Board is Model for the Whole State

One of the many nuances that make New Jersey’s education system unique is an ongoing debate regarding whether our school districts should have an elected school board or an appointed one. By in large,...

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EDUCATION IS A BEAUTIFUL THING IN NEWARK

Public Charter Schools are bringing more than educational options to Newark families— …they are also transforming blighted landscapes into islands of prosperity and bringing construction jobs to our...

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LET’S TAKE A LONG, HARD, FACTUAL LOOK AT HOW PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTUALLY...

It is hard to discount or dismiss the strong demand for public school choice across the city of Newark. Tens of thousands of parents in our City apply each year with the hope that their child can...

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Apparently Black Lives Don’t Matter To The NAACP

It seems that for pennies on the dollar, the NAACP has done what so many have done to Black families for hundreds of years—they’re selling us out. The NAACP has been tap dancing for the big two unions...

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