Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was just another recent frigid winter afternoon, but for Paterson native Yazmin Robinson, it marked a personal milestone. Her 5 ...

PATERSON — About 290 teachers and classroom aides are being transferred to different schools in a decision made by the Board of Education on Wednesday, May 6. Those transfers largely stem from the ...

Low birth rates and outward migration have pushed Paterson school district enrollment down 20% over a decade. But charter schools have grown.

PATERSON — A 29-year-old city woman who was sexually abused multiple times by a security guard when she was a ninth grader at Rosa Parks high school would get $1.25 million in a lawsuit settlement ...

PATERSON — The studies came with alarming titles befitting their findings. “Stuck in the Middle,” conducted by a Columbia University professor, said a decade of data about New York City students who ...

PATERSON — For the second straight year, city education officials are paying a Texas-based company up to $2 million to conduct online classes to compensate for the large number of teaching vacancies ...

Several elementary schools in Paterson will permanently close at the end of the school year, leaving hundreds of students and their families preparing for a major transition. The schools slated for ...

Paterson schools chief Laurie Newell’s salary is now above $300,000. That puts her among New Jersey’s 10 highest-paid superintendents.

Charter school advocates say the expansion will help address overcrowding in district schools and long waiting lists for charter spots. The public school district must pass along state revenue to ...

Mary Ann Koruth reported this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2024 Data Fellowship, which provided engagement mentoring and funding. It was just another ...

The Paterson school district is implementing a "Middle School Model," which will separate K-5 and 6-8 students into different buildings. Academic research offers conflicting conclusions on whether ...