Teacher Tenure Lawsuits Spread From California To New York
By Beth Fertig, Anya Kamenetz and Claudio Sanchez Why are so many low-income and minority kids getting second-class educations…
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How the Government Exaggerates the Cost of College
By David Leonhardt The government’s official statistic for college-tuition inflation has become somewhat infamous. It appears frequently in the…
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Lack of funding stalls Gov. Christie’s plan for more class time
By Peggy McGlone, The Star-Ledger […] But six months after Christie’s bold proposal, the state has no formal plan…
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Senators in Both Parties Agree: States Must Do More for Higher Education
By Eric Kelderman Congressional hearings often feature bitter partisanship and acrimonious finger pointing. But there was mostly agreement on…
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Legislator, locals object to Gov. Christie’s executive order on Common Core
By Andrea Hughes, Managing Editor, The Item of Millburn and Short Hills Slight changes are in store for New…
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Newark Civil-Rights Probe Mirrors Investigations in Other U.S. Cities
By John Mooney Administration, state-appointed superintendent, will cooperate but keep low profile for time being The federal civil-rights investigation…
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Fine Print: DOE Details Teacher Evaluation After Christie Compromise
By John Mooney Summer training and deadlines for schools following Christie rollback on use of student test scores in…
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Newark parents cheer federal investigation into controversial school plan
By Peggy McGlone, The Star-Ledger NEWARK — The U.S. Department of Education is investigating whether Newark’s school reorganization plan…
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Labor solidarity in Montclair
AFT Local 1904 members (Rich Wolfson, Ken Brook, Bill Sullivan) supporting trade union brothers and sisters at the demonstration…
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CD 5 race: AFT endorses Dem Cho against GOP’s Garrett
By Mark Bonamo RIDGEWOOD – The American Federation of Teachers New Jersey (AFTNJ) has announced its endorsement of Roy Cho…
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Hespe Helps Take Hearsay Out of Newark ‘Working Group’
By John Mooney In one of his first public statements, acting commissioner details plans and purpose for working group,…
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College of New Jersey’s ‘Campus Town’ development beginning to take shape
By Brendan McGrath, The Times of Trenton EWING — Campus Town, the $86 million private-public project that will bring…
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