Catherine Carrera
Newark Bureau Chief at Chalkbeat
@ChalkbeatNWK bureau chief • past: @Newsday @NorthJersey • 🇲🇽 • reach me at ccarrera at Chalkbeat dot org
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2 weeks ago |
chalkbeat.org | 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. In the election for New Jersey’s next governor, the major party candidates have diverging priorities on key local education issues, which may get overshadowed by President Donald Trump’s looming presence in the race.
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2 weeks ago |
chalkbeat.org | 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.
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3 weeks ago |
chalkbeat.org | 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. The ongoing court case that accuses New Jersey of failing to fix de facto segregation in its public school system recently marked seven years since it was filed and is no closer to resolution, as two new filings signal more years of expensive litigation ahead.
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1 month ago |
chalkbeat.org | Catherine Carrera
Suscríbase al boletín gratuito de Chalkbeat Newark para mantenerse al día con el sistema de escuelas públicas de la ciudad. Read in English.
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2 months ago |
chalkbeat.org | 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. A New Jersey lawmaker is demanding that the state immediately investigate Newark schools’ “brazen and frivolous” spending in recent years, including $17.5 million for an artificial intelligence security camera system and $44,000 for a staff fun day, among other costs in the district’s $1.5 billion budget.
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