Ailing Public and Private Schools Consider Conversion to Charter
While option to convert to charter schools grows across nation, just one parochial school in NJ has applied By…
America would be better off with more strikes
By Chris Rhomberg, Special to CNN (CNN) — In Chicago, thousands of public school teachers and support staff represented…
Analysis: Striking Chicago teachers take on national education reform
By Stephanie Simon and James B. Kelleher (Reuters) – Chicago teachers walking picket lines on Monday, in a strike…
With No Contract Deal by Deadline in Chicago, Teachers Will Strike
By MONICA DAVEY CHICAGO — Union leaders for this city’s public schoolteachers said that they would strike on Monday morning…
Mixed reaction to start of school in Perth Amboy
PERTH AMBOY — The district superintendent and president of the union representing teachers and other staff members offered differing views…
Opinion: Has the Governor Turned the Corner on Higher Education?
The only way to make the Jersey Comeback a reality is for Christie to forego his tax cuts and…
Retirement, Unions and Status: A Survey of Campus HR Officers
By Doug Lederman […] Skepticism of Unions If demographic trends and the decline in individuals’ financial situations have put…
President of New Jersey NAACP calls state control of Newark, Jersey City and Paterson school districts a “racist policy”
Posted by Andre Malok/The Star-Ledger James Harris, the president of the New Jersey State Conference of the NAACP spoke…
NJ School Boards Association: Teacher Contracts Bring Lower Settlements, More Instruction Time
Average teacher raises continue a downward trend, while school boards negotiate more instructional time, the New Jersey School Boards…
Red Tape Report Released, Will Department of Education Start Cutting?
At 239 pages, the report has room to address everything from paper to professional development By John Mooney The…
Video: Labor Day 2012 message from Lucye Millerand
Video report back from Monday’s URA-AFT, AAUP-AFT, HPAE Rutgers/UMDNJ Labor Day picnic in New Brunswick.
Students, Beware: Private Student-Loan Companies Are Not Your Friends
By Kay Steiger Once again, student-loan season is upon us. As a new class of freshmen ships off for…
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