A state Senate panel held a second public hearing on the state budget Thursday. While some time went to discussing coronavirus precautions for future stops ...
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In an unanimous decision in a three-judge appellate court panel, the PARCC test was struck down as violating state law. The court gave the Department ...
Opponents of the PARCC test urge Senate President Steve Sweeney to allow a vote on a Senate resolution aimed at putting the brakes on the ...
What's in store for the class of 2021? Protesters pressure the Senate president to push the state to kill the controversial PARCC test as a ...
Several parents spoke before the Senate Budget Committee asking lawmakers to increase funding to their school districts.
Protesters, mostly NJEA members, say Gov. Christie's new plan for school funding disproportionately hurts urban districts with low income students.
Christie takes his school aid "Fairness Formula" on the road and hits a pothole. Protesters calling the sweeping overhaul that gives more to wealthy districts, ...
Educating our kids. The consequences of "opting out". And placing blame for the pension shortfall.
PARCC testing refusal rates could affect the future of state and federal education funding.
Fiftieth time's the charm? Trying to override a Christie veto. Another PARCC test controversy. A clean sweep in South Orange displaces vagrants. And why might ...
Pearson, the company administering the PARCC test in New Jersey, is monitoring social media accounts to ensure students don't share test questions.
Christie's 2016 budget: no new taxes. A road map for a new pension plan and finding common ground with the New Jersey teachers union. Is ...
Morris Hills Regional District offered incentives for students to take the controversial PARCC test.
The State of the State. What the governor left out. Casino competition just across the New York border. Ethics complaints in the public versus charter ...
The New Jersey Charter Schools Association has filed an ethics complaint against Dr. Julia Sass Rubin, saying she's using her position at Rutgers to improperly ...
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.
Jersey City's new naturalized citizens and the immigration debate. A Newark renaissance in real estate. Newly elected representative Bonnie Watson Coleman. Berm building stopped by ...
Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Associate Professor Julia Sass Rubin says she recommends a weighted lottery to fix some ...
Education commissioner Chris Cerf denied final applications of what would have been the state's first virtual charter schools.