It looked very much like a high school pep rally with teachers and school security staff leading students to their seats as the Weequahic High School on Monday afternoon. The marching band played and the strutters strutted.
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Superintendent Chris Cerf on returning Newark Public Schools to local control
For the last 22 years, Newark’s Board of Education has served in an advisory capacity, with it’s power to make decisions severely diminished by a state-appointed superintendent.
But earlier this month, the state’s Board of Education voted unanimously to hand back control to Newark’s elected Board of Education, a decision that has served to usher in a new era of pride, determination and autonomy.
Graduate of Newark Public Schools returns to inspire the next generation
A son of Newark has come home. Rahfeal Gordon, an Arts High School graduate who is now an award-winning entrepreneur, author and lecturer, returned home to Newark Public Schools on Monday, back to where his journey to success began almost two decades ago.
NEWARK STUDENTS ENJOY INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY WITH DEBUT OF NEW WHEELCHAIR LIFT SERVICE AT JFK SCHOOL
Newark Public Schools unveiled their first wheelchair bus service for student transportation at the John F. Kennedy School, which serves students with special needs, last week.
OP-ED: NEWARK’S LONG ROAD TO LOCAL CONTROL OF SCHOOLS — WHERE WILL IT LEAD?
Even as Newark may be poised to resume local control, it’s not clear how many schools will be returned and whether state operation actually has built greater local capacity to govern them.
Three Doctors Foundation inspires the next generation of Newark students
As teenage boys growing up in the tough inner-city streets of Newark, three kindred spirits made a pact– they would stick together, graduate from college and become doctors.
The boys, surrounded by negative influences and having few positive role models, were determined not to fall victim to their environment and together the teens became a remarkable story of beating the streets.