(Hannah Gross/NJ Spotlight News)Board members face legal action for comments on social media and public meetings
(Hannah Gross/NJ Spotlight News)Board members face legal action for comments on social media and public meetings
(Hannah Gross/NJ Spotlight News)Lower-turnout school board elections have significant impact on how schools are governed and how taxpayer money is spent


An educator calls on Gov. Murphy to honor campaign promise to end 'exit testing' for high school seniors
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One New Jersey school is experimenting with a later start time to improve student health.

In an Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing, opponents voiced all sorts of concerns over a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Stakeholders are pushing to pass a statewide mandate that will test all New Jersey schools’ drinking water for lead contamination.

A surprise compromise clears the way for a judicial nominee to fill a vacant state Supreme Court judicial job, unfilled since Christie took office. The ...

NJTV News Chief Political Correspondent Michael Aron outlines contested Assembly races in the New Jersey primary.

Port Authority executive travel under investigation. The quest to lift superintendent salary caps. The master of tap -- Savion Glover. And the sweet, blooming cost ...

New Jersey's cap on superintendent salaries has caused some to leave their jobs in the Garden State and take positions in New York or Pennsylvania.

One Newark: boycotts and busing issues start the school year. Extreme efforts to keep schools safe. Christie trades in Mexico. Pascrell takes on Putin over ...

Districts throughout New Jersey are implementing measures to make schools safer for students.

Midnight deadline. The governor and lawmakers running out of time make their legislative moves. Newark's embattled school superintendent gets a new contract. We get reaction. ...

A new K-12 district, South Hunterdon Regional School District, has been created in Hunterdon County through consolidation.

The Senate takes aim and takes action on two Supreme Court nominees. Republicans and Democrats airing their differences over closing the budget gap. And should ...

A group of senators voted a bill out of committee that would exempt counties bordering other states from having to employ only teachers who live ...

Strong words as bridge scandal investigators take aim at each other. Who’s cashing in? The big money battle in college sports. And why is Ras ...

Officials are considering a bill that would end the practice of paying public employees for unused sick and vacation time upon their retirement.