Chief Political Correspondent Michael Aron sat down with Paterson Public Schools Superintendent Eileen Shafer to discuss the school district's recent budget crisis.

While the district scraped together enough money to stave off the majority of 450 possible layoffs, 100 pink slips are still in the hands of ...

Calling it catastrophic, members of the Jersey City Board of Education say proposed cuts to state aid have the potential to dismantle the district.

Gov. Phil Murphy says he will phase out the controversial PARCC test. What will replace it?

Paula White was offered the role of assistant commissioner at the New Jersey Department of Education, and then just hours later the offer was rescinded.

Jersey City school officials say 20-year-old Rutgers senior Mussab Ali is the youngest person ever elected to the city's school board. Ali says Donald Trump's ...

After a tumultuous 22 years, the State Board of Education has voted to end the state takeover of Newark's public schools.

Jersey City would be the first system in New Jersey to emerge from state control.

It was the first and oldest state takeover of a school district in the country. Is Jersey City finally ready to regain local control? The ...

New Education Secretary Besty DeVos could conceivably shift $20 billion in federal education funding into a school vouchers program, but New Jersey can capitalize on ...

The governor is dealt a setback on relaxing certification rules for charter schools. The scandal ended long ago, but the fallout lingers and is a ...

A ride-hailing partnership delivers over-served revelers home safe and its success in preventing drunk driving is spurring copycats. A mosque has won a victory in ...

John Mooney from NJ Spotlight speaks about the most pressing issues facing education in New Jersey: Gov. Christie's proposed changes to the funding formula, PARCC ...

At its monthly board meeting in Trenton, the state Board of Education got to see how New Jersey stacked up to the PARCC average.

Does a two tiered system of health care mean second tier patients get second class care? An assembly hearing on the Omnia plans went on ...

Education majors will be required to add 175 hours of clinical hours in classrooms, in addition to a year of student teaching.

Syrian refugees. It's a tough issue for candidates in tough election fights. And it's been matched by tough talk from Christie. And suggestions from other ...

Jersey City Schools are clearing a hurdle. 26 years ago the state declared them a total failure and took control. Now the city is regaining ...

The return of local control to schools in Jersey City, after 26 years, is planned to come this spring. The Jersey City school system works ...

The stock market slip and slides on its way to being stabilized, but what does the market's shudder say about our investment strategies? It's been ...