The Watchdogs of College Education Rarely Bite
By Andrea Fuller and Douglas Belkin Most colleges can’t keep their doors open without an accreditor’s seal of approval,…
What’s Left Of Zuckerberg’s Gift? $30 Million Of Funds Given To City’s Schools
By John Mooney With a year to go, Foundation for Newark’s Future makes some smaller, still-critical, endowments Four years…
Colleges hit with credit downgrades over N.J. financial problems
By Ted Sherman, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com TRENTON — New Jersey’s public universities are getting an education this…
Rutgers, former UMDNJ health care workers agree on raises
By Adam Clark, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com NEW BRUNSWICK — Rutgers University has struck its first contract with…
Top Teachers Reflect: “By helping to sharpen others I sharpen myself”
The New Jersey National Board Certified Teacher Network held a ceremony May 13 to recognize new and renewed National…
Bill would eliminate grants for students to attend for-profits
By Adam Clark, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com TRENTON — During her first two years at Berkeley College, Nicole Vargas had…
Christie Touts Education Record In New Jersey During Policy Address In Iowa
Touts tenure reform and merit-pay deal, but doesn’t mention controversies over Common Core and state takeovers of urban schools…
Supreme Court Decision on Pension Payments Disappointing
“Hard working educators, nurses and public workers ability to retire with dignity after long careers of caring for New…
Beyond High Teacher Scores, Evaluations Offer Plenty Of Thought-Provoking Data
By John Mooney Numbers across the board skewed high, including teacher effectiveness in classrooms and administrator’s 97 percent “effective”…
N.J. gets high marks for school funding in national report
By Adam Clark, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com New Jersey’s equity in school funding fares well when compared to…
Which public college presidents made the most money last year?
By Mark Mueller, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com At a time of soaring college debt and steady increases in…
Union Candidates for PERS Board of Trustees Win
The NJ AFL-CIO announced that Tracy Smith (AFSCME) and Carey Brown (CWA) won County and State seats on the…
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