Project Ready, the Newark-based social justice and advocacy group, just released a new poll as Newark students return to in-person instruction. This poll asked 300 parents, whose children attend a variety of district, charter, and private schools, about their concerns regarding disease risk, whether they are comfortable sending their children back to in-person classes, how they feel…Read More…

An overwhelming majority of Newark parents are worried about their child contracting COVID-19 this school year, and some say they aren’t sending their kids back at all, according to a new online poll published Monday. The Project Ready poll, conducted by Change Research the week leading up to the first day of school for Newark, found…Read More…

NEWARK, NJ – With thousands of students across Newark returning to their desks for fully in-person learning for the first time in 18 months, a majority of city parents expressed mostly support for mandatory masks and vaccinations in schools, according to a recent poll commissioned by Newark-based nonprofit Project Ready. A shared fear of COVID-19 was also prevalent among parents heading into the new school year,…Read More…

Majority of Parents Support Mandatory Masks for All Students and Mandatory Vaccines for Teachers and StudentsRead More…

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and Republican rival Jack Ciattarelli will go head to head in two debates in late September and mid-October while their running mates will clash once, New Jersey election officials announced Wednesday. Murphy and Ciattarelli will debate at 7 p.m. on Sept. 28 at the Performing Arts Center…Read More…

We need to push elected leaders at the federal, state and local levels to protect and expand the right to vote to allRead More…