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….
Report: Controls needed on pay of N.J. county college presidents
By James Osborne, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER New Jersey’s two-year public colleges need to rein in their practice of wooing…
Rein in pay and perks for N.J. county college presidents, state comptroller says
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger TRENTON — The state comptroller released a report today calling on the state’s county…
Judge upholds suspension of pension increases for N.J. public employees
By MaryAnn Spoto/The Star-Ledger TRENTON — Hundreds of thousands of retired public employees are not entitled to cost-of-living adjustments,…
State, private colleges ask N.J. for a $6B upgrade
By Jarrett Renshaw/Statehouse Bureau TRENTON — The state’s 45 college presidents have compiled a bulging $5.9 billion wish list…
State Auditor Issues Report Critical of How NJ Oversees Charter Schools
Approval, review of schools found lacking; DOE says problems have been resolved and sends warning letters to schools with…
The conservative case to save traditional public schools
By Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnist Photo from dianeravitch.comDiane Ravitch As soon as Diane Ravitch finished speaking in New Brunswick the other…
Spotlight Q&A: Randi Weingarten
At the Newark bargaining table, a place for the president of the American Federation of Teachers By John Mooney…
Public Money Finds Back Door to Private Schools
By STEPHANIE SAUL When the Georgia legislature passed a private school scholarship program in 2008, lawmakers promoted it as…
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