Essex County College president outlines 5-year road map, aims to improve lowest in state rank
By Eunice Lee/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — Essex County College President Gale Gibson is known to march from office to…
Newark’s big play on charter schools
By Tom Moran/ The Star-Ledger Cami Anderson, the superintendent of Newark schools, has taken enormous heat for nurturing the…
AFTNJ at Black Friday 2013 Walmart Protest
Walmart workers and labor supporters joined to protest Walmart’s poor labor practices. See http://forrespect.org for more information about Walmart…
RU graded on Sandy response
Lack of communication, inadequate backup power among flaws cited In the wake of superstorm Sandy, Rutgers University secured its…
Moody’s Issues a Negative Outlook for Higher Education
By Scott Carlson Moody’s Investors Service on Monday issued a negative outlook for higher education in 2014—which should come…
Rutgers releases report on university’s response to Hurricane Sandy
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger NEW BRUNSWICK — When Hurricane Sandy hit last year, Rutgers University did a good job following…
Fight Back Against the Assault on Public Education: Dec. 9 Day of Action
By Bob Braun The assault on public education isn’t confined to Newark or Montclair or Highland Park or Camden….
The Resurgent Interest in Performance-Based Funding for Higher Education
Who wants performance-based funding and why? Answering those questions is important if we wish to defend funding formulas that…
Texas Education Board Flags Biology Textbook Over Evolution Concerns
By Motoko Rich The Texas Board of Education on Friday delayed final approval of a widely used biology textbook…
State Releases First Results from Pilot Trials of Teacher Evaluation Systems
By John Mooney Initial report correlates data collected from 25 districts participating in pilot for at least a year…
How Charter Schools Are Undermining the Future of Public Education
In too many places, charters function more like deregulated “enterprise zones” than models of reform, providing subsidized spaces for…
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