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Students move between floors at Whitmore Lake High School, a spacious facility that is under capacity as enrollment has steadily declined in recent years.
Posted inElementary to High School

When school districts fall into debt and can’t get out

Avatar photo by Emily Richmond April 22, 2019March 30, 2020

This story about school debt is part of the series  Districts in Debt, which examines the hidden financial pressures challenging American schools. This story also appeared in Bridge and Iowa Watch and KCUR and New Jersey Spotlight and Times Union WHITMORE LAKE, Mich. — Whitmore Lake Road is a two-lane stretch of blacktop cutting through […]

Rutgers Newark sophomore Stacy Tyndall, 19, laughs at an "Orange Is the New Black"-themed wall of dormitory rules in her campus residence hall. Tyndall, a criminal justice major who wants to be a judge, grew up 15 minutes from the campus.
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News, Solutions

How one university is luring coveted honors students with social justice

by Matt Krupnick May 2, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inNews

Is teacher preparation failing students with disabilities?

Avatar photo by Jackie Mader March 1, 2017April 8, 2021
The learning environment at Quitman Street Renew School has improved significantly in Erskine Glover’s time as principal. (Amanda Brown / NJ Spotlight)
Posted inA Promise to Renew, Elementary to High School, News

A taste of victory, finally, for a struggling Newark school

Avatar photo by Sara Neufeld December 19, 2014March 30, 2020
Posted inA Promise to Renew, Elementary to High School, News

At Newark school striving for turnaround, a 12-year-old’s fragile success

Avatar photo by Sara Neufeld November 20, 2014March 30, 2020
Newark School Superintendent Cami Anderson, second form left, welcomes students to the first day of classes at Peshine Avenue School in Newark, N.J., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Geoff Mulvihill)
Posted inElementary to High School

Arbitrator rules Newark teacher must be rehired, given back pay

by John Mooney October 21, 2014March 30, 2020
Posted inA Promise to Renew, Elementary to High School, News, Time to Learn

Surrounded by messy school reform and ‘drama’ on the streets, a Newark girl tries to land on her feet

Avatar photo by Sara Neufeld July 31, 2014March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, Future of Learning

Appeals court rejects challenge to blended learning

by John Mooney April 10, 2014March 30, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

Camden RFP for renaissance schools pulls in some big names

by John Mooney January 14, 2014March 30, 2020
Posted inA Promise to Renew, Elementary to High School, News, Special Reports

A Newark school leader’s urgency to renew

Avatar photo by Sara Neufeld June 28, 2013March 30, 2020

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