Newark Mayor Cory Booker comes out swinging at contentious State of the City address
[…] A hundred demonstrators gathered outside, mostly from the Newark Teachers Union, objecting to the plan of Booker and…
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Occupy Education: Teachers, Students Resist School Closings, Privatizations, Layoffs and Rankings
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/3/1/occupy_education_teachers_students_resist_school As students across the country stage a National Day of Action to Defend Public Education, we look at…
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New Round for College Occupiers
By Allie Grasgreen For the college Occupy movement, the past couple of months have been largely quiet – the…
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Teacher-Training Programs Win Concessions on Proposed Federal Rule
By Kelly Field, Washington Teacher colleges and their accreditors pushed back against a Department of Education plan to tighten…
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Majority of New Jerseyans give their hometowns, schools positive ratings
But poll finds upbeat outlook toward entire state down slightly BY TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Two in three New…
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Senate Hearing to Refocus Attention on Tenure Reform
With no vote planned, Sen. Ruiz still has time to work out the details of her high-profile bill By…
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From Snobs to ‘Pointy-Headed College Professors’ to ‘Eggheads’
By Emma Roller When Rick Santorum called President Obama “a snob” for wanting more Americans to attend college, it…
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‘Youps’: Newark’s expensive, excess school staff
By Joan Whitlow/For The Star-Ledger […] Joseph Del Grosso, the Newark Teachers Union president, protested that he’s seen the…
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Will NJ Go Public With Teacher Ratings?
Cerf says ‘No,’ but release of teacher evaluations in NYC raises questions By John Mooney When New York City…
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Acting N.J. education chief reconsiders using school free-lunch programs to measure poverty
By Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger TRENTON — Tucked into an 80-page report on Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to overhaul distribution of state…
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Cerf Will Pay to See Progress on School Reform Agenda
New Innovation Fund will reward schools for making goals and hitting targets By John Mooney Can financial rewards help bring…
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State chides NJCU professor for ‘inappropriate’ and ‘highly offensive’ comments regarding colleague
By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal A former New Jersey City University professor has been cited by the state…
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