LATEST EDUCATION NEWS
March 25, 2010
A new organization, Citizens for Successful Schools, examines the gaping disparities in opportunity and achievement between poor and rich districts in New Jersey. Example: Montgomery […]
March 25, 2010
Ignoring the counsel of NJEA executives, the West Essex Education Association has just voted 133-7 for a wage freeze, reports the Star-Ledger. The school district […]
March 25, 2010
New Jersey’s 2009 NAEP (National Assessment for Education Progress) reading scores are hot off the press. Look here for 4th graders and here for 8th […]
March 25, 2010
From Barbara Keshishian, NJEA President: In New Jersey, school employees’ contracts are negotiated locally, and each local association may decide whether or not to reopen […]
March 24, 2010
Big education news today: In a letter to NJEA Prez Barbara Keshishian and NJSBA Exec. Dir. Marie Bilik, Gov. Christie has formally requested that teachers […]
March 24, 2010
From Gov. Christie’s letter to NJEA President Barbara Keshishian and NJSBA Executive Director Marie Bilik: I am today asking that all school boards and local […]