More than 150 people fell ill in crippling heat at a high school graduation ceremony in Paterson, New Jersey, where the ...

Superintendent says organizers “did the best we could with the planning,” after 160-plus attendees were sickened by heat at a ...

PATERSON — The state has set aside $160 million to build a new high school at the former Paterson Catholic property, but local education advocates say the city needs many more new schools than that.

At Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson, 17% of students scored at or above the proficient level for math, and 22% scored at or above that level for reading.