Average price of 4-year university up 15 percent
Associated Press. When those college tuition bills come in, be prepared for sticker shock. The average cost of attending…
Endgame on tenure
By Star-Ledger Editorial Board Sen. Teresa Ruiz has been working for more than two years to find agreement on…
N.J. bill making evaluations key to teacher tenure may soon be introduced
By Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger TRENTON — More than a year after state Sen. Teresa Ruiz began gathering evidence on…
Groups protest Christie’s education funding
By Rita Giordano and Inquirer Staff Writers. A coalition of nearly 60 organizations including education advocates and groups that…
New Player At Table as Lawmakers Fine Tune Teacher Tenure Reform
Chair of Assembly’s education committee offers a competing proposal By John Mooney With a new twist coming out of the…
Senate committee approves bill creating commission to study rising college tuition
By Jarrett Renshaw/Statehouse Bureau TRENTON — A bipartisan bill creating a commission to study the problem of rising college tuition in…
Pre-Kindergarten for All? Not By a Longshot
Which states are walking the walk when it comes to funding pre-K programs — and which are lagging far…
Harrison: Raise N.J.’s minimum wage
By Brigid Callahan Harrison for The Record. “I’m showing a willingness to listen but also honestly saying I’m not…
Court Confirms: Public Employees Are Screwed
By Jersey Jazzman I can’t let this week pass by without commenting on the royal screwing of New Jersey’s…
Colleges’ bank deals saddle students with big fees
By Daniel Wagner, Associated Press. WASHINGTON – As many as 900 colleges are pushing students into using payment cards…
Scott Walker’s Austerity Agenda Brings the Shock Doctrine to Wisconsin Universities
By Eleni Schirmer and Lenora Hanson As the recall election looms over Wisconsin, UW-Madison struggles under the weight of…
Pet Relocation For Community College President Covered In N.J.
By Elise Young and Terrence Dopp New Jersey’s Essex County College paid $680 to relocate the incoming president’s pet….
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