Fighting Privatization, Occupy Activists at CUNY and UC Kick Into High Gear
Josh Eidelson Every afternoon last week, students, teachers, and neighbors gathered to hold classes on UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza….
N.J. considering major high education changes
GEOFF MULVIHILL, The Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. – All three of New Jersey’s public research universities are now looking…
N.J. schools grow more dangerous as violence statistics increase
By Ted Sherman/The Star-Ledger New Jersey schools grew more dangerous last year, with steadily increasing reports of violence in…
50 briefly occupy N.J. Department of Education lobby to protest charter schools
By Christopher Baxter/Statehouse Bureau TRENTON — Protesters angry about the Christie administration’s charter school initiatives briefly occupied the lobby…
Rutgers thaws pay freeze for selected non-union employees
Nic Corbett/The Star-Ledger NEW BRUNSWICK — Rutgers University is giving raises and holiday bonuses to less than one-fifth of…
Protestors advocate for faculty, staff raises at BOG meeting
By Lisa Berkman and Anastasia Millicker / Staff Writers Several faculty and staff members protested during yesterday’s Board of…
Don’t fall for governor’s reform scam
Mike Spina In a recent article, Derrell Bradford, executive director of Better Education for Kids and a member of…
No time is being wasted creating Rutgers medical school
Nic Corbett/The Star-Ledger NEW BRUNSWICK — Although there’s been no official order, it’s full steam ahead in planning for…
The Opportunity Scholarship Act would be funded directly from public school budgets.
The Truth-O-Meter Says: “(The Opportunity Scholarship Act) would be funded directly from public school budgets. So it would absolutely…
Profits and Questions at Online Charter Schools
Lance Murphey for The New York Times Nearly 60 percent of its students are behind grade level in math….
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