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Rent Control Ballot Initiatives Won Almost Everywhere
Across the country, voters approved ballot initiatives that cap rents and impose new restrictions on landlords' ability to rent to whom they please. The most eye-catching of these was a successful initiative in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where 68 percent of voters revived a cap on annual rent increases of $20 per month that the city council had axed back in 2023.
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Newark scores on state tests could increase scrutiny of tutoring and literacy initiatives
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. The share of Newark students meeting state English language arts standards dropped last school year, while the share meeting math standards rose, newly released test results show. Across the city’s traditional public and charter schools, 35.7% of students met grade-level expectations in English language arts, down from 41.7% last year, according to a Chalkbeat analysis. In math, proficiency rose to 30.1%, up from 27% in 2025. The results, which the state released earlier this month, offer a mixed picture of academic performance in Newark, where schools have spent years working to help students recover from pandemic learning disruptions . The scores could lead to closer scrutiny of tutoring and literacy initiatives that have tried to assist in that recovery. Newark Public Schools officials presented preliminary results at an October school board meeting , acknowledging that most district students continued to fall short of grade-level expectations. The state’s more-detailed release also shows substantial differences in proficiency between Newark Public Schools, the state’s largest school district,
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EPA demonstrates new tools for finding lead water lines at Edison test site
EDISON, N.J. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday held what it called its first public demonstration of emerging technologies for locating lead water service lines, staging the event at its research test bed in Edison, according to an agency press release. EPA Region 2 Administrator Michael Martucci...