Newark Teacher’s Union President Discusses City School Closures
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Cami Anderson’s plan to close Newark schools opposed by angry parents
BY JOE TYRRELL, NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Opposition to school closings and consolidations reflects “the desperation of a few,” according to Newark…
‘Operating at a loss’ for words
Despite repeated requests, Farahi is silent, but sources say he’s active By Cheryl Hehl, Staff Writer Controversy surrounding Kean President…
State Test Scores Reveal Some Gains, Widening Achievement Gap
Budget cuts cost New Jersey school districts $1 billion, with some of the poorest districts paying the biggest price…
SUNY Official Resigns Over Charter Issue
Professor Says School Policy Is Unclear By Lisa Fleisher A prominent academic has resigned from the State University of…
Big Deal Book newsletter-Feb. 1, 2012
February 1, 2012 Timely reminders, fabulous freebies, best sites & more “worth the surf” In This Issue Grants, Competitions…
Weingarten Urges Activism and Advocacy in New Jersey
Adrienne Coles, AFT As the New Jersey legislative session was set to begin, AFT president Randi Weingarten took some…
Amid ‘Turnaround Agenda, Teachers, Communities Overshadowed by Corporate Reforms
Michelle Chen The conversation about school reform in Washington is replete with big ideas — glossy proposals for “accountability,”…
Rutgers’ urban bias gives Newark campus short shrift
By Steven J. Diner Public policy discussion regarding the future of older cities has increasingly focused on the role…
Finger-Pointing Precedes Teacher Contract Talks in Newark
With negotiations resuming, union, superintendent at odds over plans for troubled schools By John Mooney The last time negotiators…
States weaken teacher tenure rights
Kimberly Hefling, The Associated Press WASHINGTON – America’s public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as…
Christie Takes His School Reform Message to Irvington Church
[…] But then there was Vivian Prescott, a 63-year old Newark native and teacher’s aide of nearly 40 years…
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