Mark Zuckerberg Newark

Newark Not Friendly Over $100 Million Facebook Gift

Posted 08.22.2011

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million contribution to Newark, N.J. public schools has lately drawn a reaction very different from the standi...

Newark Consolidating Schools To Make Way For Charters, After Zuckerberg Donation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEWARK, N.J. — Newark school officials are considering a massive reorganization of the city's schools that would make more space for charter sch...

Mark Zuckerberg's Philanthropy Is Reason Enough To Applaud Him

guardian.co.uk | Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Whenever the talk turns to Zuckerberg, numbers keeps popping up: 550m (the number of Facebook users worldwide); 26 (his age); 35 (his position on the ...

Newark Legislator Voices Criticism Of Zuckerberg Donation Spending

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEWARK, N.J. — A legislator is criticizing how officials are spending money in New Jersey's largest city in the wake of a $100 million gift from...

Newark High School Students Protest Unsafe, Unsanitary Conditions

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEWARK, N.J. — Two weeks after Newark schools received a $100 million donation from the founder of Facebook, students in one high school there u...

Mark Zuckerberg's New Jersey Education Donation Hits Legal Snafu

Posted 05.25.2011

What began as a swashbuckling move by the mayor of Newark, N.J., the state's governor, and a newly minted billionaire to reshape the beleaguered Newar...

Facebook CEO To Donate $100 Million To Newark Schools

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will donate $100 million to help Newark public schools, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Str...