By: Julie O’Connor, Urban education writer (NJ Spotlight News) What, exactly, does a funeral home director know about running a restaurant? That’s what some experts are asking after the Newark school board unanimously handed a local mortician a $700,000 contract to train students in hotel and food-service business leadership. Carolyn Whigham — whose roster of […]
Registration opens with new opportunities for TD Jazz for Teens 2026-27 year.
Workforce Registry scholarships can cover full program cost for qualified early childhood professionals; current enrollment window closes August 28 and reopens mid-October
Four NJ nonprofits will receive funding to expand career training, STEM education, and hands-on learning opportunities for students and adults.
The tuition-free workforce program has graduated 46 medical assistant students since opening its North Jersey site and has provided career coaching and support to remove barriers to employment.
In this four part series, NJ Urban News' Rann Miller explores the crumbling of Camden's public school system.
Ronald E. McNair High School, a competitive magnet school in Jersey City, has been required by the Department of Justice to dismantle their race based admissions. This could serve to put already disadvantaged students of color at a further disadvantage. New Jersey is the third least racially equal state in the country for education despite being the fourth most diverse state, and more then 10% less students of color graduate to their white counterparts.
