Big Deal Newsletter, Oct. 5
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NJ should identify charter school application reviewers
Star-Ledger Editorial Board The easiest way to address concerns over secrecy and conflicts of interest is always this: Just…
Sending NBC’s ‘Education Nation’ Back to School
Julie Cavanagh With NBC airing a second “Education Nation” special that resembles an infomercial for charter schools and online…
Campus Labor Unions Show Solidarity
Walks on campus increase visibility -By Alan Akins, Staff Writer Last Wednesday, faculty, professional staff, librarians and other members…
Education Dept. to Propose New Accountability Gauge for Teacher-Training Programs
Kelly Field, Washington The Education Department will release a report on Friday calling for new regulations that would tie…
Save America’s Postal Service
H.R. 1351 is a bill which would prevent the financial collapse of the U.S. Postal Service without costing taxpayers…
SUNY Union Adds Measures for Adjunct Faculty
The Delegate Assembly of the United University Professions, the faculty union of the State University of New York, has…
Legislature Passes Charter Bill, But Advocates and Critics Want More Changes
Parochial school conversion measure passes, although reception remains in doubt By John Mooney One change to New Jersey’s charter…
AFL-CIO celebrates 50 years of NJ labor unity
By Charles Wowkanech and Laurel Brennan Fifty years ago today, George Meany, president of the American Federation of Labor-Congress…
Pietro Petino, who led Newark teachers union through 4 strikes, dies after battle with cancer
SPRINGFIELD — Pietro Petino, remembered as one of the loudest voices for teachers’ labor rights in Newark, died at…
$100M grant from Mark Zuckerberg begins to have effect on Newark schools
Newark Teachers Union President Joe Del Grosso said he is troubled by the ongoing secrecy surrounding the Facebook donation….
In Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson merger, University Hospital in Newark must be protected
Star-Ledger Editorial Board Gov. Chris Christie commissioned a task force, which has recommended the merging of Rutgers University and…
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