Poll: Newark Parents Want City Schools to Invest Federal Aid Into Additional Support for Students, Teachers
Posted OnSeptember 16, 2021 byNEWARK, NJ – Newark parents believe the city’s school district should invest the hundreds of millions of dollars it is receiving in federal pandemic funding on better resources for schools and teachers, support for students’ emotional and mental health, and direct grants to families, according to a poll conducted by Newark-based nonprofit Project Ready. Change Research, a San…Read More…
New Poll: Newark Parents Support Mask/Vaccine Mandates but Share ‘Widespread Concern’ About in-Person Learning
Posted OnSeptember 14, 2021 byProject 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…
Newark parents worried their kids might get COVID in school, poll says
Posted OnSeptember 13, 2021 byAn 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…
Poll Shows Majority of Newark Parents Support Mandatory Masks, Vaccinations in Schools
Posted OnSeptember 13, 2021 byNEWARK, 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…
AS SCHOOLS RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING, NEW POLL OF NEWARK PARENTS FINDS WIDESPREAD CONCERN REGARDING COVID-19
Posted OnSeptember 13, 2021 byMajority of Parents Support Mandatory Masks for All Students and Mandatory Vaccines for Teachers and StudentsRead More…
ELEC approves three general election debates
Posted OnAugust 25, 2021 byNew Jersey Globe will sponsor Lt. Governor debate between Sheila Oliver and Diane AllenRead More…
Murphy, Ciattarelli to debate Sept. 28, Oct. 12 in gov race
Posted OnAugust 25, 2021 byTRENTON, 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…