Los alumnos que entienden poco a nada del inglés hacen parte de cerca del 8 por ciento de la población de las escuelas públicas del ...

ESL funding impeded, federal staff fired, guidance to schools withdrawn

A Newark student explains the daunting challenges involved in the journey

Superintendent Roger Leon has recommended the state not renew four charter schools in Newark, a move that many see as the reigniting of Newark's charter ...

There’s been a small but significant increase in the percent of people age five and older who speak a language other than English, in New ...

The remains of the day a tempest took out power to more homes than Superstorm Sandy. The wreckage to property in South Jersey is substantial. ...

Guru Travel, a summer service program started by a Montclair resident, takes kids to Sri Lank to teach English to children of farmers and help ...

The 100-year-old law that governs elections is getting an upgrade; the proposals would make registration easier and voting less cumbersome. A New Jersey law to ...

David Sciarra, executive director of the Education Law Center, talks about where New Jersey ranks in education funding and how the state needs to do ...

The voters choose: The state's first Congresswoman in a quarter century. And preserving open spaces with business taxes. Cutting costs to hire cops in Newark. ...

Wordstock, the four day Dodge Poetry Festival, aims to introduce poetry in a different way.

Airstrikes in Syria. Syrian reaction here. Will Passaic River cleanup funds be siphoned off to plug the budget gap? Schools teaching in two languages.

Atlantic City High School offers students instruction in their native language as a way to help them learn English and subject matters.

State lawmakers take up the controversial effort to overhaul Rutgers Board of Governors. A shocking defeat for the House Republican Leader. What does it mean ...

The Paterson School District is reconstructing their English as a Second Language Programs to accommodate more students.

Booker goes Hollywood and Lonegan goes on the attack. Plus, the problem with property taxes. The song that has them arguing at Rutgers. And big ...

Sue Henderson is the first woman to lead New Jersey City University. She says she plans to help students afford the education there and graduate ...