Education

SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- At last week's Board of Education meeting, Springfield Schools Superintendent Rachel Goldberg revealed some of the findings in the annual New Jersey Department of Education 2020-21 School Performance Reports.

Enrollment in Springfield public schools declined from 2,229 in 2018-19 to 2,164 in 2020-21.

The five-year cohort graduation rate at Jonathan Dayton High school ...

SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- Springfield resident Claudia Reines will graduate on May 21 from the Governor’s STEM Scholars, a program of the Research & Development Council of New Jersey.

Reines is one of 95 New Jersey high school and college students to complete the year-long program, which provides a 360-degre view of New Jersey’s STEM economy through conferences, lab ...

SCRANTON, Pa. -- Two residents of Springfield, N.J. were among the 48 University of Scranton students inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the business honor society.

Kevin Duffy of Springfield, a junior pursuing an accounting degree; and Victoria Gainey of Springfield, a graduate student pursuing a Master of Business Administration in accounting degree, both were inducted.

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SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- Jonathan Dayton High School was rated No. 89 in New Jersey by U.S. News on Apr. 26. 

Students at JDHS have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® coursework and exams. U.S. News reported that the high school's AP® participation rate is 64%. The total minority enrollment is 49%, and 14% of students are economically disadvantaged.

The U.S. News ...

SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- At Monday night’s Springfield Board of Education meeting, information about the 2022 Summer Enrichment program was announced with a brochure of classes for students going into grades 1-8. 

Retiring science teacher Irene Ornavitz was cited during the meeting by Superintendent Rachel Goldberg. Ornavitz headed the Future Medical Careers Club at Jonathan Dayton High ...