Education

NEWARK - Hilda Asante-Nyame was so disappointed that she did not get into her first or second choice colleges — University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University — that she created a TikTok video to Orianthi's snarky hit “According to You,” chastising the schools for rejecting her. 

Then her TikTok reveals that  she is headed to Wesleyan ...

TRENTON, NJ - Class of 2020, grab your caps, gowns and get ready for the pomp and circumstance of a live graduation ceremony.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced at his daily COVID-19 press briefing today that outdoor graduation ceremonies adhering to appropriate health and safety guidelines can be held beginning July 6.

"We want them to celebrate and be celebrated by their families, ...

NEWARK, NJ — Newly drafted 2020-2021 school budgets based on the state’s projections didn’t even have a chance to cool before COVID-19 came and upended the public sector. 

Newark Public Schools, which presented its budget hearing remotely in March, and other urban districts are adrift in a sea of unknowns as the state reassesses what it will allocate to schools. Many are ...

NEWARK, NJ — The three candidates running on the Moving Newark Schools Forward slate are the apparent winners in the city's Board of Education election Tuesday with preliminary results showing a wide lead over three challengers in the first election entirely conducted by mail in the school district’s history. 

The election, originally scheduled for ...

BRICK Education Network (BEN) is launching a week-long, citywide campaign help motivate students and remind them that school is still in session during the COVID-19 pandemic.

BEN, a Newark-based charter management organization, is asking educators and community leaders to join them in sharing inspirational words of encouragement with students by video.

From May 18 to May 22, BEN will be ...

NEWARK, NJ — The Newark School Board's first election under 100% local control is finally here, and with another historic footnote for the records — Tuesday, May 12 will be the first all vote-by-mail election in light of the novel coronavirus. 

There will be no in-person polling to help stave off the spread of the virus, which has reached 6,332 cases and nearly 500 deaths ...

NEW JERSEY -- While school districts across the state have been planning alternatives to traditional high school graduation ceremonies, any plans that school districts had in the works appear to violate Governor Murphy’s Executive Order No.107, which directs New Jersey residents to stay at home and prohibits public gatherings.

In a letter to school administrators, NJ State Police Colonel ...

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced today that all New Jersey schools would remain closed for the remainder of the school year in an ongoing effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.

"We have a single goal in mind: the safety and well-being of our children, and of our educators, administrators and staff," said Murphy. 

The governor's ...

NEWARK, NJ — Housing, education and job and food security are among the top concerns of Newark residents and education was the top concern among the city's black residents, according to a poll commissioned by Newark-based nonprofit Project Ready.

The poll of 457 residents is the first to be taken since the coronavirus forced a near total shutdown of the economy, with schools and ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — As Seton Hall University is confronted by potentially more than a hundred million of dollars in lost revenue as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, University President Joseph Nyre and the University’s Executive Cabinet have volunteered to reduce their salary.

"Seton Hall’s Executive Cabinet announced Thursday that it would ...