Tuesday, 11 November 2008 – 10:50 am
Rutgers Newark is celebrating its centennial this year, with its proud mission of serving an underprivileged urban population. It began in October 1908, when Richard Currier started New Jersey Law School in the Prudential Insurance building. He believed that education is “a most potent factor in the progress of human development towards the [...]
Monday, 28 July 2008 – 9:53 am
“At Struggling School, Pride Displaces Failure”:http://mobile.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/20Rschoolnj.xml
The Newton School celebrates a jump in standardized test scores that may have saved it from complete shutdown.
Just last summer, the Newark Teachers Union invested $100,000 into an improvement program at Newton, though they had poured more than half of that into “political attack billboard ads”:http://dailynewarker.com/2007/07/04/teachers-union-reforms-newton-street-school/ around the city.
The [...]
Monday, 30 June 2008 – 6:23 am
“Newark superintendent boasts urban experience”:http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2008/06/newark_superintendent_boasts_u.html
Arriving in a city with its own brand of bare-knuckle politics, Janey said he has no illusions. He’s heard rumors Mayor Cory Booker, a close friend of Fenty’s, wasn’t his biggest booster.
“Maybe that’s juicy speculation, but, frankly, we are going to have to do things together for the betterment of [...]
Tuesday, 10 June 2008 – 8:26 am
“Newark schools settle suit over commencement”:http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1213072661175250.xml&coll=1
Newark Public Schools settled a lawsuit filed on behalf of a former Muslim student who was forced to skip his graduation from West Side High School two years ago because it was held in the sanctuary of a Baptist Church.
As a Muslim, Bilal Shareef’s faith prohibited him from entering a [...]
Thursday, 5 June 2008 – 8:05 pm
“Corzine expected to pick former D.C. schools head for Newark post”:http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/corzine_expected_to_name_forme.html
Before calling Janey with the offer, Corzine will have a final meeting Friday at Drumthwacket with Newark Mayor Cory Booker to discuss the decision, the sources said. A formal announcement is planned for early next week, they said.
The nomination would next go to the state [...]
Monday, 2 June 2008 – 11:22 am
“ECC graduation scenes”:http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2008/06/ecc_graduation_scenes.html
What a cool venue for a graduation ceremony.
Thursday, 29 May 2008 – 8:25 am
“Feds give struggling N.J. schools poor marks on tutoring, transfers”:http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1212035843201940.xml&coll=1&thispage=2
One of the key tenants of No Child Left Behind is to provide options for children who are in failing school systems: either they are entitled to receive tutoring, or they should be allowed to transfer to another district.
Neither of these are happening effectively [...]
Wednesday, 28 May 2008 – 7:19 am
“Three Remain in Running for Newark Schools Post”:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/nyregion/28newark.html
The Times provides a helpful overview of the search for a new Newark school district superintendent — a $270,000/year position that is at the center of an entrenched political power struggle.
With more school control likely to return to the city from the state, the individual filling [...]
Monday, 26 May 2008 – 6:59 pm
“Newark Museum Presents Master Classes”:http://www.huliq.com/60349/newark-museum-presents-master-classes
Fantastic opportunity for young musicians to work one-on-one with jazz artists at the Newark Museum.
The Newark Museum and WBGO-Jazz 88 will offer free master classes for aspiring jazz musicians, age 13 and older, on June 19 with saxophonist David Murray and July 17 with percussionist Bobby Sanabria, following their [...]
Wednesday, 21 May 2008 – 1:47 pm
“School Reform And Love: Cory Booker”:http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/2008/05/school-reform-a.html
Mayor Booker spoke at the NewSchools Venture Fund conference yesterday and was picked up by This Week in Education. The “video of his speech”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zxl7vs9BKs runs about ten minutes.
NSVF supports non- and for-profit “social entrepreneurs” through grants, loans, and equity investments.
Newark mayor Cory Booker gave a version [...]
Wednesday, 21 May 2008 – 9:36 am
“A capital day for the arts”:http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2008/05/a_capital_day_for_the_arts.html
A-La Renee Davis, a 16-year-old junior and vocal major at Arts High School in Newark, believes she was born to be an opera singer. Shes been listening to classical music all her life andsinging it since she was a little girl.
Today she is receiving an Award for Excellence in Music [...]
Wednesday, 21 May 2008 – 7:03 am
“City schools dubbed asthma friendly”:http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2008/05/city_schools_dubbed_asthma_fri.html
The certification recognizes achievement of a proctive medical protocol as opposed to a building requirement.
The 51 schools were the remaining facilities to become Asthma Friendly in the district. Thirty-two schools were recognized last year in August. As a result, now all of Newark’s schools have met the requirement.
By [...]
Monday, 19 May 2008 – 7:01 am
“Aiming to Coach Students to Excellence in Exams”:http://mobile.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/18schoolnj.xml
I remember the pressure to do well on standardized testing when I was a child, but this is intense. Watching the school fail as a consequence of not doing well was never on our minds as eigth-graders.
As public schools everywhere gear up for the annual state [...]
