Teacher tenure reform clears hurdle in Senate
[…] But rank-and-file teachers remain skeptical of the reform measure, said Donna M. Chiera, the New Jersey head of…
Long-awaited university merger costs expected at Monday hearing
By Patricia Alex. Staff Writer. The Record. Closed-door negotiations continued as lawmakers hashed out changes to a bill that…
Labor unions to endorse N.J. university merger bill
By Angela Delli Santi. The Associated Press. TRENTON — Labor leaders representing 30,000 workers from all the unions that…
Teacher tenure overhaul clears N.J. Senate committee
By Leslie Brody. Staff Writer. The Record. A state Senate committee advanced a bill Monday to overhaul the century-old…
Update: Lawmakers would push higher education merger to 2013 but financials remain vague
By Patricia Alex. Staff Writers. The Record. The potentially costly reorganization of some of the state’s largest public universities…
Voters may decide fate of record $750M bond referendum for college construction projects
By Jarrett Renshaw/Statehouse Bureau Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger”If we are serious about improving higher education, this is not enough,” said Senate…
State Senate committee approves bill that links teacher tenure to performance
By Jeanette Rundquist/The Star-Ledger TRENTON — The first major change to New Jersey’s tenure law in a century, but…
Sheila Oliver, Cory Booker strike deal to support N.J. higher education merger
By Jarrett Renshaw and Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger TRENTON — Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver and Newark Mayor Cory Booker…
Sponsors: N.J. college restructuring won’t cost taxpayers a dime – for now
By Jarrett Renshaw/Statehouse Bureau TRENTON — The sponsors of the controversial proposal to reshuffle the state’s colleges and medical…
N.J. Senate committee to discuss changes to teacher tenure
By Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerState Senator Teresa Ruiz is shown in a 2010 file photo. Last week, Ruiz…
Newark needs more money to meet Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million challenge
By Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — With big money came big ideas — and that’s when it got complicated….
State looking at bond referendum for colleges
By Patricia Alex. Staff Writer. The Record. State lawmakers are hashing out a plan to put a referendum on…
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