“Poverty Is the Problem”: Efforts to Cut Education Funding, Expand Standardized Testing Assailed
As millions of students prepare to go back to school, budget cuts are resulting in teacher layoffs and larger…
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Former Rutgers University administrator still eligible for $400K compensation next year
[…] McCormick’s new salary angered many members of Rutgers’ faculty and staff unions. The university has frozen the salaries…
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Solidarity with CWA and IBEW
Even though CWA workers are no longer picketing Verizon, that doesn’t mean the fight is over. Unionized Verizon workers…
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School head turnover rate rises
Michael Symons | Statehouse Bureau TRENTON — Nearly 30 percent of New Jersey school districts hired new superintendents in…
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A Faculty (Led) Search
Everyone wants a seat at the table when a campus picks a new leader, and it’s rare that groups…
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ACLU suing Newark over transparency in Facebook founder’s $100M donation to city schools
Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 1:32 PM By David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — A battle over transparency surrounding Facebook founder…
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In New Jersey, oversight of higher education is up in the air
Matt Katz, Inquirer Trenton Bureau Unions representing employees at colleges and universities say Christie has ignored the law that…
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New Jersey public colleges’ tuition rises 4 percent on average
By DIANE D’AMICO Education Writer Undergraduate tuition and fees at the state’s 10 public colleges will increase an average…
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Rutgers faculty decry spending on athletics
BY PATRICIA ALEX STAFF WRITER The Record The faculty union at Rutgers University is crying foul after a report…
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N.J. teachers getting smaller raises, study says
Jeanette Rundquist/The Star-Ledger TRENTON — Average pay raises for teachers dropped this year to their lowest ever, the result…
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Rutgers sports costs don’t anger Christie
By CHARLES STILE COLUMNIST Governor Christie never let a mere technicality, such as lack of authority, stop him from…
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Teacher Contract Talks: Slow Going, Small Raises
A third of school districts will be starting out the year without a contract in place By John Mooney,…
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