Parents: New education bill would hurt public schools
By Samantha Henry, Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Education activists and parents rallied Wednesday against a bill that…
Two Decades On, Opportunity Scholarship Act Remains Moving Target
Advocates and opponents struggle to shape final bill and get it in front of entire legislature By John Mooney…
Unions Win Medco Prescription Arbitration
What does it mean for you? After Medco implemented a Preferred Drug Step Therapy (PDST) program beginning Feb. 1,…
Districts Pay Less in Poor Schools, Report Says
By SAM DILLON Education experts have long argued that a basic inequity in American schooling is that students in…
Speak Up Highland Park plans Occupy NJDOE event
Written by Alex Frazee | Editorial Intern HIGHLAND PARK — Darcie Cimarusti, a member of the Speak Up Highland…
Opponents of NJ school vouchers hold rally
Associated Press JERSEY CITY— Education activists and parents rallied in Jersey City on Wednesday against a bill that would…
Charter Schools Sue State, Claiming They’ve Been Shortchanged
Latest development only adds to the tensions between charters and the districts that host them By John Mooney, November…
Bergen Community College accreditation ‘in jeopardy,’ commission says
BY LESLIE BRODY, STAFF WRITER The Record Bergen Community College has been warned its “accreditation may be in jeopardy,”…
North Bergen Retiree Authors ‘Teachers Under Attack’
Never in the history of the United States have teachers and public schools undergone so much criticism. New Jersey…
Super Committee cuts threaten higher education budget
By Matthew Matilsky / Staff Writer After the Super Committee’s failure to make appropriate spending cuts, an unspecified amount…
Union fears privatization in Trenton schools unlikely to stop
By Matt Fair/The Times TRENTON – First they came for the district’s cafeteria workers, then for its security staff…
NJ has better things to invest in than corporate tax breaks
[…] There is a better strategy to create jobs using scarce public resources. The state ought to be investing…
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