The state wins another round in the fight over funding state employee pensions. The state Supreme Court's given Gov. Christie a pass on paying an ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Chapter 78, the pension reform law of 2011, was not a binding contract so Gov. Christie does not ...

Christie's town hall tour hits Somerville while the public gets an earful on the budget. Measuring student progress, not teacher performance? Microbeads: Smoothing your skin ...

The state's Education Department wants to use student growth on standardized tests to help evaluate teachers. The NJEA says that's flawed.

NJ 101.5 presents a special discussion of the PARCC tests as part of its Town Hall series Thursday at 7 p.m.

Eight killings in eight days. A crime crisis in Newark. An influx of immigrants overwhelm a school. The PARCC tests. Are schools ready? Atlantic City. ...

The New Jersey Department of Education says 90 percent of schools have the technology for the PARCC test, but others question the accuracy of that ...

Spurring development to save Atlantic City. Emergency repairs for schools? The money's gone. Enrolling in Obamacare. This time, it's different. And what on earth is ...

Members of Gov. Christie's appointed commission to study the use of standards-based testing have just a few weeks before their first recommendations are due.

Will the teachers' union budge on pensions? Will lawmakers impose a gas tax? Can emergency crews respond if an oil train combusts? And a powerful ...

The annual New Jersey Education Association Convention in Atlantic City is focusing on professional development, despite an ongoing strained relationship with Gov. Christie.

Giving students without access to the world. Helping civil servants live where they work. Saving the NAACP's roots from the wrecking ball. And fall on ...

Officials are considering a bill that would encourage police officers, firefighters, teachers and sanitation workers to live where they work by giving them a $10,000 ...

Merging transit bureaucracies: less cost. More red tape? Tracking campaign donations. New campus sexual assault protocols. Halloween stores pop up. And the monarch population drops ...

New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission Executive Director Jeff Brindle says the New Jersey Education Association was the top campaign contributor.

State takeovers, reforms, funding, testing. We're back to school. Gas prices rock, but not rock bottom. Fighting violence in Trenton. Fighting City Hall in Rutherford. ...

Teachers, students and administrators will be facing changes, including implementation of the common core and a new teacher evaluation system this school year.

Controversial Common Core education requirements delayed. Stop-and-frisk data in Newark. Is the practice practical or profiling? The multi-billion dollar economic engine called Port Newark is ...

Gov. Christie has ordered the creation of a nine-member study commission, tasked with looking at the state's standardized testing.

Say goodbye to the Showboat. Another Atlantic City casino says it's closing. Airing their differences. You'll hear from key figures in the budget battle. And ...