AFTNJ President Donna M Chiera Asks: ‘How Can You Base High Stakes Tests on Shifting Education Standards?’
Contact: Nat T. Bender 908-377-0393, nbender [at] aftnj.org We agree with NJ Education Commissioner David Hespe that the process…
Op-Ed: Newark Demands Quality Schools, Return To Democratic Process
State control abrogates rights of students and citizens, hasn’t improved schools, and ignores wishes of the community By Lauren…
How Stockton University Lost Its Atlantic City Gamble
By Simon Van Zullen-Wood The first and only time I sat down with Herman J. Saatkamp Jr., the former…
High school principal starts petition blasting ‘One Newark’ plan
By Dan Ivers, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com NEWARK — A petition by the principal of Central High School…
Christie drops Common Core, but sticks with PARCC tests
By Adam Clark, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Gov. Chris Christie’s declaration that Common Core is “simply not working”…
Task force told: N.J. colleges should rethink tuition, aid
Jonathan Lai, Inquirer Staff Writer TRENTON – New Jersey’s colleges should reconsider the traditional “high aid, high tuition” funding…
Newark School Community Anxiously Awaits Details On Impending Layoffs
By John Mooney On heels of news that 155 civil-service jobs will be cut, impact on teaching jobs remains…
Newark Student Union #NPSWalkout2015
Signs, sounds and scenes from Friday's #NPSWalkout2015 #OurNewark Newark Students Union The Newark Parents Union Parents Unified for Local…
Christie’s Proposed 10-Year Pension Payment Ramp-Up Could Cost NJ Billions
Governor’s own law gives him seven years to get pension payments in line, but he says he needs 10….
Christie Seeks To Reshape School Accountability Mandates In Federal Waiver
By John Mooney Education Law Center says proposal would give too much leeway, with less openness, over state-controlled urban…
Newark Students Protest Superintendent’s School Policy
Newark, NJ—Thousands of students walked out of school in the latest protest against Superintendent Cami Anderson and the district’s…
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