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New Jersey’s high-school graduation rate, already one of the highest in the nation, crept up a little for the Class of 2013. A total of 95,000 high-school seniors graduated last summer, representing more than 87.5 percent of the 108,000 who had started high school four years earlier. That was a slight increase from the 86.5 percent of the prior year. It was encouraging news, but its meaning may soon be open to different interpretations, as the rules change for counting and testing graduates. Read moreNJ Spotlight Daily News
December 5, 2013
- NJ High-School Graduation Rate Rises Slightly Once Again
- Interpreting numbers may soon prove problematic amid looming changes in criteria for earning diploma
- Legislation Seeks to Break Logjam Delaying Solar Grid-Supply Projects
- Lawmakers side with developers who have filed lawsuit against Board of Public Utilities
- Fine Print: Newark and Charters Set Up Universal Enrollment System
- Landmark agreement would give preference to high-needs students picking their schools
- Report Calls on State to Help Consumers Sort Out Obamacare Options
- New Jersey should also supplement federal subsidies with ones of its own to make health insurance more affordable, according to author
- Poll: Is Christie Blowing Smoke About Medical Marijuana?
- What do advocates of medical marijuana really want? Across-the-board legalization -- or so the governor says
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December 4, 2013
- New Rules Continue Shift in What State Requires for Educator Training
- Education department updates guidelines for devising professional development plans for teachers and administrators
- Rutgers' President Releases Final Draft of Ambitious Strategic Plan
- Barchi candidly assesses school's weaknesses, outlines what must be done to become one of the country's leading universities
- Profile: Governor’s New Chief Of Staff Takes Second-Term Helm
- Regina Egea’s role will be critical as Christie campaigns nationwide for the Republican Governors Association and scrutiny mounts heading into 2016 presidential race
- State Agency Tells PSE&G It Can't Boost Prices for Natural Gas
- BPU orders state's largest utility to continue supplying fuel to Red Oak power plant at discounted rate
- One Year After Sandy, Hospital Still Screening for Mold-Related Health Issues
- Deborah Heart and Lung Center teams with local groups to detect problems, reassure most survivors
December 3, 2013
- Employers Fear ACA Mandate Will Push Healthcare Costs Even Higher
- Two surveys find business owners in NJ have concerns about ability to provide health insurance to their workers
- More Renaissance Schools for State-Controlled Camden District?
- Camden issues RFP for up to three more ‘renaissance schools,’ even though its first is still to open
- Assembly Bill Aims to Close New Jersey's Energy-Efficiency Gap
- Singleton's proposed law would create low-cost loan program to help low-income New Jerseyans finance energy-efficient technologies
- The Explainer: Factors Driving Electricity Prices in New Jersey
- Even programs put in place to push prices down may have the opposite effect
- Agenda: State Board of Education Takes up Graduation Rates, GED
- State board president remarks that Christie administration not giving board much to do lately
December 2, 2013
- Websites for Sharing Breast Milk Raise Concerns About Health Risks
- Bills call for state regulation, but advocates of increasingly popular practice downplay danger to babies
- Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline Would Cut Through Pinelands
- Pipeline part of larger project to convert coal-fired plant to gas, but environmentalists argue neither plant nor pipe are needed
- Sandy Poses Special Problems for Immigrant Day Laborers Aiding Recovery Effort
- Often working under unsafe conditions with little or no training or equipment, unauthorized workers are particularly vulnerable to post-Sandy hazards
- Bill Requiring Schools to Screen for Dyslexia Finally Makes Headway
- Amendments address concerns about costs and scope of testing for reading-related disorders
- The List: What Price Historical Preservation in New Jersey?
- The New Jersey Historic Trust pays to protect and preserve Garden State’s rich legacy
- Opinion: Sweeney Starts to Gather Strength for Possible Governor Bid
- Senate president is already making the right moves to clear the field of other candidates, and his political allies are lending a hand
November 27, 2013
- NJ’s School-Choice Program Might Be Too Popular for Its Own Good
- Rising costs and enrollment prompt state to order spending caps, limits on pupil transfers
- ‘Dream Act’ Advocates Accuse Christie of Reneging on Promise
- Governor’s comments on tuition-equality appear to reverse stance that help win over majority of Latino voters
- Extending Insurance May Help Small Businesses, But Not Most Individual Plans
- Horizon indicates that remaining federal regulations still make bare-bones health coverage plans nonviable
- BPU Decides Not to Tinker With Traditional Power-Auction Model
- Agency defends three-year rolling supply contracts as delivering best deals for consumers, small businesses in deregulated market
- Profile: Taking the Very Long View on Floodplain Management
- John Miller balances the need to think decades ahead with immediate concerns about helping people, businesses, and communities survive tomorrow's storms
- Irvington Squares off Against Wells Fargo in Fight Over Foreclosures
- One resident's struggle for mortgage modification ends in frustration, anger
November 26, 2013
- Commissioner Faces Difficult Choice on Coverage Option Offered by Obama
- Experts say Kobylowski must balance wishes of NJ consumers with what works best for insurance marketplace
- Bill Would Put $200M Open-Space Bond Issue on November 2014 Ballot
- Some environmentalists dismiss proposed legislation, argue stable source of funding must be established
- Common Core Standards, Online Testing Continue to Gain Ground in NJ
- Bills proposed to delay implementation find no support from administration, leaders of Senate and Assembly
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