The successor to No Child Left Behind, the Every Student Succeeds Act returns a lot of decision-making authority to the state, according to some. But ...

States won back the right to implement school reform their own way. But who gets to decide in New Jersey? A hate crime mars a ...

Gov. Christie went to a middle school in Caldwell to sign six education reform bills, including bills that limit suspensions and expulsions for kids in ...

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Crunch time for the Transportation Trust Fund. Opting out of the PARCC tests. Opting to help suspended students strive. And students concoct a cool process ...

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The state's largest teachers union will have a new executive director. Edward Richardson succeeds Vincent Giordano as the head of the NJEA.

While overall performance continued to hold steady or improve slightly, a significant achievement gap remains for both low income and minority students.