Braun: Let ‘invisible’ Newark students help save their troubled schools
By Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnist NEWARK — They are faceless, voiceless. Often portrayed as victims or, worse, incompetents, young people…
Special Report: Can Newark’s Quitman Street School Be Saved?
After false starts and dashed hopes, the principal hopes this is Quitman’s turning point By Sara Neufeld Erskine Glover has…
Longer school days in the lesson plan for some N.J. districts?
By Matt Friedman/Statehouse Bureau David Gard/The Star-LedgerStudents and teachers in more than two dozen New Jersey school districts could have…
Christie Presses the Flesh — and His Case for Tenure Reform
Governor works town hall meeting, while legislators continue to work behind the scenes on two tenure reform bills By…
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…
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