Billionaire backed education groups battle teachers unions in state races
Rachel Baye, CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY Three weeks before Tennessee’s August 2012 primary election, state Rep. John DeBerry Jr.’s…
Invitation for coverage: Newark Teachers endorse Baraka for Mayor and his plan for education
Contact: Nat T. Bender 908-377-0393, nbender@aftnj.org The Newark Teachers Union will formally endorse Councilman Ras Baraka’s campaign for Mayor…
Rutgers president reaffirms selection of Condoleezza Rice as commencement speaker
By Keith Sergeant […] Robert Boikess, a Rutgers professor in the chemistry and chemical biology department who introduced the…
What’s Really Behind Education Policy in Newark?
By Andrew Elrod, Truthout Ever since Newark Public Schools (NPS) Superintendent Cami Anderson’s December announcement of her district’s turnaround…
For Rutgers athletics, cost of near-solvency by 2022 will be expensive
By Craig Wolff/The Star-Ledger Rutgers University, banking on the promise of new wealth when it joins the affluent Big…
Equalizers No More
Politics thwart colleges’ role in upward mobility By Suzanne Mettler The American system of higher education is in crisis….
An Era of Neglect
How public colleges were crowded out, beaten up, and failed to fight back By Karin Fischer and Jack Stripling…
Can Christie’s plan for longer school days boost U.S. education? A Q&A
By Julie O’Connor/The Star-Ledger Gov. Chris Christie’s right: In this competitive new world, our kids are falling behind. On…
Colleges expand housing options through public-private partnerships
By Tom De Poto/The Star-Ledger Lior Naor is a junior at Rutgers University living in Rockoff Hall in downtown…
Rutgers faculty denounce selection of Condoleezza Rice as commencement speaker
By Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger NEW BRUNSWICK — The Rutgers University New Brunswick Faculty Council approved a resolution yesterday urging…
User fees for drivers a family-friendly approach
By Dan Aronson This is part of an ongoing series demonstrating the potential for common ground between progressives and…
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