The New Jersey education chief is recommending that Newark’s schools return to local control. Education Commissioner Kimberley Harrington is recommending that the state Board of Education give the school district control over the last two of the five areas that the state uses to assess districts: instruction and program and governance.

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TRENTON — Twenty-two years after being stripped of its autonomy by the state, New Jersey’s largest public school system is on its way to regaining full local control, having received high marks in its latest state evaluation.

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New Jersey’s education commissioner has recommended that control of Newark Public Schools be restored to the district.

The recommendation to the state Board of Education came after the school district met two important benchmarks in its most recent performance review, according to NJ Advance Media.

http://the74million.org/article/new-jersey-gives-newark-green-light-to-resume-local-control-of-schools-after-20-years-in-receivership

NEWARK — The state Education Commissioner has signaled to the Newark school district it’s finally ready to take full control of its schools.

The move is a pivotal step toward giving the Newark School Advisory Board the power to hire and fire its own schools chief.

http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2017/08/newark_moves_one_step_closer_to_local_control_of_i.html

NEWARK — It’s been more than 20 years since the state took the reins of Newark’s public school system, choosing its succession of superintendents and making decisions on staffing, instruction and budgeting. But next school year, the School Advisory Board is expected to shed its enfeebling title and become a fully-functioning board with the power to hire and fire its own chief of schools — governance of Newark’s 65 public schools will finally return to local control.

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