Author: Catherine Carrera
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox.Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s gubernatorial campaign has garnered headlines for his fervent defense of undocumented immigrants. He was arrested for allegedly trespassing at a detention facility on charges that were later dropped and then subsequently filed a lawsuit against a Trump-appointed federal prosecutor over the fiasco.As a former Newark Public Schools student, teacher, and principal, Baraka’s rhetoric around schools on the campaign trail has also been notable and fiery.A public education advocate, he has declared the state school…
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox.Roughly $1.2 billion in federal funding for New Jersey schools is at stake after the Trump administration on Thursday demanded that state education departments adhere to the administration’s controversial stance against diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in public schools.Federal education officials gave state education agencies 10 days to certify that they are eliminating DEI efforts that the Trump administration deems unlawful under its interpretation of federal civil rights law in order to receive federal funding. Some experts question the…