Newark’s First Foray into Teacher Evaluation Pilot, with Teachers Front and Center
[…] Newark is one of 11 districts in the state piloting a controversial plan led by Gov. Chris Christie…
UMDNJ president submits resignation
By Nic Corbett/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — William F. Owen Jr., the president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry…
The lying king of Kean
Teacher’s union alleges school president falsified credentials By Cheryl Hehl, Staff Writer Kean University President Dawood Farahi allegedly falsified…
Cash-strapped professors at Rutgers learn to do without, in world of state aid cuts and bad economy
By Jarrett Renshaw/Statehouse Bureau Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerA sparse crowd settles in early in the second quarter at Rutgers Stadium…
NJIT faculty members want more involvement in search for new president
By Nic Corbett/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — As the New Jersey Institute of Technology searches for a new president, faculty…
Braun: New kind of N.J. school privatization on the rise
By Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnist Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerActing Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf, right, listens as Gov. Chris Christie speaks in…
Slow Down the School Reform Factory
Mechanistically linking test scores to teacher evaluations means trouble not accountability By Gordon MacInnes Reformers look on education as…
Growing Push in Newark to Retake School Reins
By WINNIE HU NEWARK — For a generation of Newark students, every education decision, including choices on curriculum, spending…
‘We wuz wrong again?’
When it comes to providing financial information to the U.S. Department of Education, New Jersey doesn’t seem to have,…
Raritan Valley Community College professors concerned about possible pay freeze
By Eugene Paik/The Star-Ledger BRANCHBURG — If Raritan Valley Community College has its way in a labor dispute with…
Despite success on the field, big-spending Rutgers athletics is saddled with its largest deficit ever
Jarrett Renshaw/Statehouse Bureau TRENTON — It was a sea of scarlet. Rutgers University’s newly expanded football stadium was jammed…
20 protest online charter plan
BY MELISSA HAYES, STAFF WRITER The Record TEANECK — Chanting “We want a say in what we pay,” about…
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