The Newark Teacher StrikesWinner of the Richard P. McCormick 2003 Prize for Scholarly Publication, given by the New Jersey Historical Commission For three weeks in 1970 and for eleven weeks in 1971, the schools in Newark, New Jersey, were paralyzed as the teachers went on strike. In the wake of the 1971 strike, almost two hundred were arrested and jailed. The Newark Teachers Union said their members wanted improved education for students. The Board of Education claimed the