NJ Schools Prepare to Implement New Teacher Evaluations
With teacher’s tenure now tied to the evaluations, state sets deadlines for districts to decide on the process and…
In Standoff, Latest Sign of Unions Under Siege
By Steven Greenhouse The high-stakes strike by 26,000 public school teachers in Chicago is only the latest episode in…
Ailing Public and Private Schools Consider Conversion to Charter
While option to convert to charter schools grows across nation, just one parochial school in NJ has applied By…
Presidential Nominees Serve Up Sharp Differences on Education
By Alyson Klein During the recently concluded presidential nominating conventions, President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney…
America would be better off with more strikes
By Chris Rhomberg, Special to CNN (CNN) — In Chicago, thousands of public school teachers and support staff represented…
Analysis: Striking Chicago teachers take on national education reform
By Stephanie Simon and James B. Kelleher (Reuters) – Chicago teachers walking picket lines on Monday, in a strike…
With No Contract Deal by Deadline in Chicago, Teachers Will Strike
By MONICA DAVEY CHICAGO — Union leaders for this city’s public schoolteachers said that they would strike on Monday morning…
Mixed reaction to start of school in Perth Amboy
PERTH AMBOY — The district superintendent and president of the union representing teachers and other staff members offered differing views…
President of New Jersey NAACP calls state control of Newark, Jersey City and Paterson school districts a “racist policy”
Posted by Andre Malok/The Star-Ledger James Harris, the president of the New Jersey State Conference of the NAACP spoke…
NJ School Boards Association: Teacher Contracts Bring Lower Settlements, More Instruction Time
Average teacher raises continue a downward trend, while school boards negotiate more instructional time, the New Jersey School Boards…
Red Tape Report Released, Will Department of Education Start Cutting?
At 239 pages, the report has room to address everything from paper to professional development By John Mooney The…
Brian Williams invites you to join the Education Nation Teacher Town Hall
Third Annual NBC News Education Nation Teacher Town Hall with Brian Williams Sunday, September 23, 12 to 2 p.m….
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