State approves plan transitioning Newark Public Schools to local control
By Leah Mishkin, Correspondent Not everyone has been a supporter of how Newark Public Schools have been run. The…
Newark Teachers Union Gets 189 New Members
Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff Almost 200 Newark public school workers voted to join their peers as members of the…
Press: Newark Public Schools Workers Vote to Join Teachers Union
Nearly 200 school operations staff join Newark Teachers Union to improve education for students NTU PERC new organizing certification…
Chris Christie’s administration violated teachers contract, arbitrator says.
By Valerie Strauss, Washington Post The school district of Newark violated key terms of a 2012 groundbreaking contract it…
Teachers entitled to longevity raises, arbitrator finds
Karen Yi, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com NEWARK — An arbitrator has found the Newark school district violated terms…
Newark Teachers Union Wins Huge Arbitration Award
NEWARK, N.J.—An arbitrator has found (link is external) that the state violated many of the terms of the 2012…
Newark Teachers Union Wins Big In Arbitration, State Must Pay Millions For Violating Contract
By Doug Cunningham The Newark Teachers Union has won a big arbitration victory that awarded millions of dollars to…
With local control, new hope in Newark schools
After 22 years of failed, state-imposed “education reform,” the Newark, N.J., community finally has local control of their schools….
Newark Teachers Union Asks ‘Has District Complied with Civil Service Order?’
Contact: Nat Bender, nbender [@] aftnj.org, 908-377-0393 Ed note: Civil Service Commission order Thirty-days since ordered to correct misclassifications,…
Murphy, Oliver address concerns at AFT educator roundtable
By Elana Knopp American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy and lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Sheila…
Charter school won’t pay teachers for final 2 months, Sign petition for accountability
By Adam Clark, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com NEWARK — A New Jersey charter school ordered to shut down…
Newark Teachers Union Inks New Contract — Without Oprah, Zuckerberg
John Mooney After more than a year at the bargaining table, NTU walks away with contract that protects performance…
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