AFT praises Newark Teachers Union’s contract agreement
The tentative contract agreement between the Newark Teachers Union and the school district, announced on Oct. 18, is a…
Newark Teachers Contract, a Game-Changer for NJ’s Often-Troubled School District
Pay for performance and peer reviews are radical changes — but they also show what can be done with…
Landmark Newark teachers contract signed by city school chief and union boss
By Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger Star-Ledger file photo. Newark Schools Superintendent Cami Anderson, pictured in this file photo, signed a landmark…
Unions: Teachers pact in Newark includes merit pay
NEWARK — A tentative contract has been reached for teachers in the Newark Public School system, allowing for merit pay…
Newark Teacher’s Contract Culmination of Two Years Give and Take
The new deal includes large-scale bonus system and teachers evaluating teachers By John Mooney Two years in the making —…
Newark teachers strike historic deal including bonuses for top educators
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger Newark Schools Superintendent Cami Anderson is shown with Cory Booker in this file photo. The…
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…
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