Newark Schools Chief Wants Teacher Performance Included in Layoff Criteria
By John Mooney Union leaders leap to defense of long-established contractual practice of basing job cuts on years of…
Subsidy of Rutgers athletics jumps 67.9 percent to $47 million
By Keith Sargeant and Steve Berkowitz In order to fund a sports program that university officials say will generate…
Take Action: Great Governors Support Quality Education
This weekend, governors from across the nation will gather in Washington, D.C., for the National Governors Association’s annual winter…
Federal Lawsuit Accuses For-Profit Schools of Fraud
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA LINWOOD, N.J. — It was the electronic monitor around a student’s ankle that first gave Kelli…
Christie’s ed reform scandal: Principals suspended after questioning charter scheme
“Narcissism,” “dictatorial” and “totalitarian” tactics by Christie appointee, Newark councilman charges to Salon By Josh Eidelson Five days before…
Opinion: Looking Closely at the Dangerous Legacy of Commissioner Chris Cerf
By Mark Weber The state education chief’s so-called reforms may have stirred up something more powerful than frustration and…
Aronson: GOP can find enlightenment in its past
This is part of an ongoing series demonstrating the potential for common ground between progressives and conservatives on labor…
Statement: AFTNJ’s Donna M. Chiera on Chris Cerf reported resignation
Contact: Nat T. Bender, 908-377-0393, nbender@aftnj.org EDISON…State education Commissioner Chris Cerf will be leaving office, reportedly on March 1….
Movement to Delay New School Standards, Testing Gains Support
By John Mooney Legislators, education groups find common ground in talk of delaying at least some parts of Common…
IRS Suggests ‘Reasonable’ Ways of Calculating Adjuncts’ Hours
By Audrey Williams June The Internal Revenue Service has issued final rules on how colleges should calculate adjuncts’ workloads…
Spotlight Q&A: Influential Democrat Offers Take on Key Education Issues
By John Mooney State Senate President discusses school funding, state takeovers, and vouchers Arguably the state’s second-most powerful politician,…
N.J. law lengthens tenure eligibility to six years
By Jonathan Lai, Inquirer Staff Writer New faculty hires at New Jersey’s state colleges will have more time to…
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