The state budget gets the fine-toothed comb treatment. Lawmakers accounting for every red cent to be spent and then some. A federal judge rules the ...
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Lawmakers introduced a bill to repeal the state Department of Education’s power to take over local districts, and return local control within one year to ...
Christie's top agenda item -- to end the heroin epidemic -- is being expanded across state lines. State control of local schools may come to ...
Parents gathered outside the New Jersey Department of Education meeting to protest a proposal to make PARCC test scores part of high school graduation requirements.
Atlantic City on the brink of a shutdown. The governor smacks down the mayor on his home turf for fighting a state takeover. The mayor ...
New Jersey students who didn't take the PARCC test or got failing marks will have to demonstrate they meet graduation requirements through alternatives.
Christie comes home to boost a booming job market. But can't steer clear of resentment for his time on the trail stumping for Trump when ...
Violent crime meets "operation swift justice" in Paterson. Local and state law enforcers plan to blanket "silk city" for a zero-tolerance approach to crime. If ...
From the announcement of Christie's presidential run, to progress on the Gateway Tunnel, and the $225 million Exxon settlement for pennies on the dollar, 2015 ...
Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf discusses the release of PARCC scores that show below average student performance. He also discusses the timeline of control being handed ...
Missed deadlines for Atlantic City. It failed to meet the deadline to pay a court-ordered tax refund. But legislators failed to meet the deadline to ...
Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard discusses the recent release of PARCC results and how change has been slow and steady since his appointment.
Call it the Christmas rush, lawmakers vote on funding public employee pensions and the Transportation Trust Fund, hiking the gas tax and allowing casinos in ...
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 ...
The state released 800 test questions from the spring PARCC exam taken by students in grades 3 through 11. Preliminary results show that less than ...
Dueling arguments over fantasy sports betting. A game of skill or chance? If lawmakers decide it's gambling they could decide to regulate it. Public school ...
More than half of the students tested failed to meet expectations or grade level.