Newark superintendent Cami Anderson up for bonus while challenges mount
Entering her third year on the job, Newark’s state-appointed schools superintendent, Cami Anderson, is up for a second year…
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School Districts, Charter Schools Save Money By Impoverishing Support Staff
By Jake Blumgart There’s a vast difference between working in an unionized district and working in an unorganized charter…
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Christie vetoes bill boosting nonteaching staff’s rights
Gov. Christie vetoed a bill Thursday that would have given nonteaching school employees such as teacher’s aides, custodians, cafeteria…
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Newark students say We are a lot like Trayvon Martin
By Jaysen Bazile and Thais Marquez We are Trayvon Martin. We are young. We are black and we are…
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Student Growth Objectives: The Other Teacher Evaluation Tool
With no state tests other than for language arts and math, can SGOs offer a window into teacher performance?…
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Special-Needs Schools Salaries Draw Scrutiny of State Auditor
Some earn $50,000 more per year than maximum allowed in public-school districts By John Mooney The salaries of top…
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Alternative Grad School Raises Concerns About Who’s Teaching NJ’s Teachers
Founded by three charter school networks, Relay stresses skills-based modules over academic theory By John Mooney The Christie administration…
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Bergen County non-profit assumes control of Paterson Head Start programs
Myles Ma/NJ.com PATERSON — A Bergen County organization took over the city’s Head Start programs this month, after a…
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Chiera Urges Reconsideration of Timeline of Teacher Evaluations
Arcelio Aponte, President New Jersey State Board of Education NJ Department of Education PO Box 500 Trenton, NJ 08625-0500…
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State should keep control of Newark schools, court affirms
By John Mooney A state appellate court yesterday gave a big boost to the Christie administration – and future…
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Kindly Fund Research into Student-Worn Bracelets Monitoring Teacher Effectiveness
By Kristen Gwynne The Gates just keep pumping money into educational research teachers don’t want or need. Bill and…
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Decision to halt state’s first online charter schools draws criticism from parents, praise from pols
By Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger NEWARK—Lorna Bryant hoped to lead one of the only public schools in the state where…
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