Video: NJ Teacher of the Year Lauren Marrocco
Lauren Marrocco, who teaches in Perth Amboy, has been named New Jersey Teacher of the Year. She said her…
AFTNJ Joins advocacy against waiving NCLB provisions
October 15, 2012 Arne Duncan U.S. Secretary of Education U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, D.C….
College tuition keeps rising in N.J., outpacing rate of inflation
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger Students at New Jersey’s four-year colleges and universities will have to dig a little…
Education Profiteering: Wall Street’s Next Big Thing?
By Jeff Faux Wall Street’s involvement in the charter school movement is presented as an act of philanthropy, but…
Opinion: Newark needs local control to make schools work
By Mildred C. Crump The Camden Board of Education deserves congratulations for not bowing to pressure and for denying…
NJ asks voters to OK borrowing for campus projects
By Geoff Mulvihill, The Associated Press. The campaign has begun in earnest to try to get New Jersey voters…
Inside the Classroom with New Jersey’s Latest Teacher of the Year
While politicians debate teacher quality, Perth Amboy’s Lauren Marrocco talks about student teachers, role models, and her drive to…
How the Gov’t Is Saddling Parents with College Loans They Can’t Possibly Afford Exposing the dangers of the so-called “Parent Plus” loans.
By Marian Wang, Beckie Supiano, Andrea Fuller More than a decade after Aurora Almendral first set foot on her…
Perth Amboy elementary school teacher named N.J. teacher of year
By Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger PERTH AMBOY — A Perth Amboy elementary school teacher is this year’s New Jersey teacher…
5 Biggest Lies About America’s Public Schools — Debunked
By Kristin Rawls Here’s the truth behind 5 of the most destructive myths about public education. Just weeks into…
Education Department Report Shows More Borrowers Defaulting on Student Loans
By Tamar Lewin The percentage of borrowers who defaulted on federal education loans within the first three years of…
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