Catherine Carrera

Newark Bureau Chief at Chalkbeat

new york, new york, united states

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I'm a journalist with nine years of experience covering local, state and national news — always learning and growing in this field. At Newsday, I've been covering how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected K-12 education on Long Island, using public records, data and trusted sources to underscore challenges faced by districts and students.

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NJEA Pushes Plan To Solve Public School Healthcare Crisis, Some Say It Will Make It Worse

Article Summary The New Jersey Education Association is backing a proposal to move the state's public school employee health benefits program into a new trust, giving state officials a smaller role in its governance. Supporters say the changes would impro... See more

myveronanj.com•Catherine Carrera•Oct 27, 2026

NJ school segregation in court, again

The eight-year-old lawsuit claiming New Jersey should be held responsible for its 'egregiously segregated' public school system took its next step through the court system on Thursday as the parties made their cases before a panel of three appellate court... See more

njspotlightnews.org•Catherine Carrera•Oct 22, 2026

NJEA pushes plan to solve public school healthcare crisis

Credit: (NJ Spotlight News) In the mad dash to find a solution to the health insurance crisis before school budgets face more dire cuts next year, the state's largest teachers' union has pushed forward a plan to solve the high-stakes gamble. But even with... See more

njspotlightnews.org•Catherine Carrera•Oct 20, 2026

Gloomy first look at math, literacy test scores for New Jersey students in grades 3 to 9. | News | 70and73.com

More than half of New Jersey third-graders are not meeting literacy standards and an overwhelming majority of eighth-graders are not hitting math standards, signals that post-pandemic learning trends continued under the modernized state exams that were ad... See more

70and73.com•Catherine Carrera•Sep 14, 2026

Most NJ third graders fall short in reading, preliminary state test scores show. - Chalkbeat

This story was originally published by NJ Spotlight News through the NJ News Wire. Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox. More than half of New Jersey third grad... See more

chalkbeat.org•Catherine Carrera•Sep 14, 2026

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