A joint community survey report from the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education at New York University (Metro Center) and the Newark Schools Research Collaborative (NSRC) at Rutgers University documents the perception of public education in Newark. This report summarizes the perceptions and beliefs of Newark residents—and recommends that they become one part of the complex data that will inform the direction of educational reform in the city.
This Metro Center and NSRC research project is an important collaborative effort of two university-based research organizations. It includes four interrelated parts:
- A short survey designed and collected by PENewark
- Community forums, which were conducted, audio-taped, and transcribed by PENewark;
- A long survey designed, collected, and analyzed by Metro Center and NSRC; and
- Compilation and evaluation of the results of this multi-step community engagement process, as well as issuing a report for public dissemination.
This research summarizes data on the perceptions and beliefs of Newark residents with respect to the following five points:
- Perceptions of Traditional Public Schools and Public Charter Schools
- Perceptions of Problems in Traditional Public Schools and Public Charter Schools
- Perceptions of Strategies for Improving Traditional Public Schools and Public Charter Schools
- Perceptions of Current School Reform Efforts
- Perceptions of Ways to Involve Parents and the Community in the Public Education Process