Opinion: Why America demonizes its teachers
By Frank Breslin Evaluating teachers on their students’ performance has elicited much public comment of late. In essence, this…
Advocacy Group to Monitor Reform Efforts in Public Schools
By Motoko Rich Diane Ravitch, the historian and former assistant education secretary who has become an outspoken critic of…
Cerf Goes Public About Student Test Scores and Teacher Evaluations
At standing-room-only meeting of the state BOE, administration puts rough percentages to components of teacher ratings By John Mooney…
Debt Payments Cast Shadow on Christie’s School-Aid Picture
While budget freezes or slightly boosts aid, state construction-grant assessments soar 60 percent By John Mooney New Jersey school…
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Comments needed: Don’t let colleges use the ACA to abuse contingent faculty
[…] The AFT plans to comment again, urging Treasury to stay true to the spirit of the Affordable Care…
Student Debt Tripled in Eight Years
By Natasha Lennard A new report from the New York Fed shows the explosion of total student loan debt,…
National Attention and Cash in Los Angeles School Vote
By Jennifer Medina LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, voters in Los Angeles will go to the polls for a…
Sequestration Presents Uncertain Outlook for Students, Researchers, and Job-Seekers
By Allie Bidwell, Washington As the midnight-Thursday deadline came and went, steep federal spending cuts were set in motion,…
Rutgers to propose merging Newark and Camden law schools
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger NEWARK — Rutgers University is preparing to merge its two law schools, campus officials…
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