N.J. Assembly panel OKs teacher tenure bill; Senate bill amended
By Leslie Brody. Staff Writer. Shortly after the Assembly education committee passed a tenure bill Thursday afternoon, the senator…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Endgame on tenure
By Star-Ledger Editorial Board Sen. Teresa Ruiz has been working for more than two years to find agreement on…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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