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Eger

Contact Information

Email: weger@newarkunified.org

Phone: 510-818-4155

Schedule a Meeting: You can use this link to schedule a 20 minute meeting with Dr. Eger (no vendors).

Superintendent's Listening Tour

  • 8/13 - BGP - Back to School Night, 5:15-6:30pm
  • 8/13 - Lincoln- Back to School Night, 6:30-7:30pm
  • 8/20 - NMS- Back to School Night, 5:00-7:00pm
  • 8/26 - BGI- Back to School Night, 5:30-7:00pm
  • 8/27 - CHE- Back to School Night, 5:00-7:00pm
  • 9/9 - NMHS - Back to School Night, 5:00-6:00pm
  • 9/10 - Bridgepoint- Back to School Night, 5:00-6:30pm

More events are actively being scheduled!

 

Dr. Eger's Background

Dr. William Eger is Superintendent of the Newark Unified School District (NUSD), a role he began in July 2026. He previously served as Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations at Ravenswood City School District from 2020 to 2026, where he built community trust through transparent and interactive budgeting practices while leveraging philanthropy and braided state grants to increase both per-pupil spending and district reserves. He oversaw $240 million in school construction projects and led efforts to lease two underutilized district sites, generating new district revenue and supporting the development of more than 500 units of 100 percent affordable housing, with a preference for teachers and staff.

Through close collaboration with labor partners, Dr. Eger negotiated the state's first performance-based teacher compensation contract, improving retention and recruitment. New partnerships expanded out-of-school programming and academic intervention for students. Collectively, these efforts helped move Ravenswood from a modest deficit to healthy reserves, saw multiple credit rating increases, and supported gains in student achievement.

Prior to his work at Ravenswood, Dr. Eger served as Director of Strategic Initiatives for Boston Public Schools, where he contributed to long-term academic and financial planning, more equitable resource allocation, and an innovative student transportation routing system later spun out into a company. Earlier in his career, he was a Senior Associate in the Education Practice at The Parthenon Group, working primarily with Detroit Public Schools during their financial recovery.

Dr. Eger began his career as a high school mathematics teacher in Philadelphia and as a City Year Corps Member. He teaches "Mission and Money" as a Lecturer at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education and Graduate School of Business. Dr. Eger holds an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.S.Ed. and Ed.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is an alumnus of the Broad Residency and serves on the board of EdSource.