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- Rutgers Scarlet Knights Running in the Red
- University unveils plan to turn around flagging fortunes of its Big Ten sports program — and reverse teams’ current losing streaks
- Sweeney Delivers Seven Bills That Take on Thorny Issues in NJ Education
- As part of his ‘Path to Progress’ campaign, senate president presents proposals on school consolidation and special education
- Some Part-Time Lecturers Not Happy with New Rutgers Contract
- ‘The people at the top got what they wanted but the rest of us didn’t,’ said a founder of new Rank-and-File Caucus
- Lawmakers Hear From Officials About Teacher Shortage In New Jersey
- State officials are working to address shortfalls in the ranks of math, science, bilingual-instruction, ESL and career and technical educators
- Part-Time Faculty at Rutgers Reaches ‘Groundbreaking’ Contract
- Full membership yet to vote on agreement that gives pay increases, more job security, other benefits but no contractual access to healthcare
- Legislators re-evaluate standardized student testing
- Lawmakers hear about possible next steps after court ruling that PARCC test is unconstitutional
- Jersey City, Poster Child for What’s Wrong with School-Funding Reform?
- The district says cuts to state aid mean teacher layoffs and canceled after-school programs, but some pols and advocates argue Jersey City has the means to end its budget shortfall
- NJ Makes Move to Recruit More Men of Color as Teachers
- New Jersey is more diverse than the nation, yet the state’s teacher ranks are a long way from reflecting that diversity
- Some Questions as State Expands Free Community College Program
- Initiative is a ‘gap filler,’ not a free ride, official says; up to 18,000 students are expected to benefit in 2019-2020 academic year
- No Easy Answers About Why It Costs So Much to Attend NJ’s Public Colleges
- Murphy’s proposed budget allocates $1.65 billion to higher education, but some college and university officials politely explain that it’s not enough
- Fight over School Funding Is Focus of Senate Budget Hearing
- Teachers, students and administrators rally outside State House to protest cuts in aid to their districts
- Jersey City BOE Sues State Department of Education over Cut to Aid
- Board members say proposed cut in state aid would be catastrophic for the district, could put the future of its 30,000 students at risk
- Murphy Names Acting CEO of Schools Development Authority
- Move comes swiftly on resignation of embattled former CEO Lizette Delgado-Polanco
- At Rutgers, Battle Rages Over Salaries for Part-Time Faculty, Tuition Freeze
- University argues it’s tapped out after signing contract with full-timers, attempts to squeeze more out of budget will only drive tuition higher
- Schools Development Authority CEO Lizette Delgado-Polanco resigns
- Embattled head has been at center of patronage scandal because of hirings and firings at the SDA
- Education Coalition Urges Governor, Dems to Rethink School Funding Cuts
- Murphy’s spending plan would cut state aid to almost 200 districts; coalition wants him and legislative leaders to come up with a less bruising proposal
- Some NJ Districts Pile Up Debt Building Schools, Others Are Debt-Free
- Although New Jersey is in better shape than the country as a whole for school debt, paying off construction bonds costs about a quarter of state’s annual debt service
- Q&A: Katrina McCombs, New Superintendent of Camden City School District
- McCombs has big ambitions but is facing big challenges — not least a severe budget crisis
- Winning Rutgers Faculty Union Vows to Aid Part-Timers in Contract Battle
- After agreeing a ‘historic’ contract, officials with the union representing thousands of full-time faculty and graduate employees say they will work for colleagues still at the bargaining table
- Rutgers Reaches Tentative Deal with Faculty Union, Part-Timers Still Negotiate
- Although union members must approve agreement, a strike appears to have been averted. But no resolution yet for their part-time colleagues
- Murphy, Sweeney in Accord, More Money Should Go to Expanded Pre-K
- Governor’s proposal would add another $68 million to the current allocation of $738 million all told
- Many Questions and Few Answers in Education Budget Hearing
- Education commissioner admits state is little closer to solving testing problems, finding increased aid for hardest-hit districts
- Budget Committee Grills SDA Head on Spending — and Hiring and Firing
- Embattled executive director of Schools Development Authority defers answering most questions, saying situation is under review by counsel
- Rutgers Teetering on the Edge of Major Faculty Strike
- Students, faculty, union members, and national organizations come together in final show of solidarity outside Newark campus center
- Controversy Continues over NJ Schools Development Authority
- Amid storm over CEO Lizette Delgado-Polanco’s hirings and firings, a show of support for embattled leader of the SDA
- Political Firestorm Continues to Rage Over SDA Hirings and Firings
- Embattled CEO of Schools Development Authority deals with continued charges of patronage, favoritism
- Newark Schools Fell Back in 2018, Halting Years of Progress
- While experts caution that too much should not be read into test scores, the results provide fodder for critics of district’s previous aggressive changes
- Key Questions on Sale of Westminster Choir College to Chinese Unanswered
- Assistant Attorney General describes response of prospective seller, Rider University, as ‘less than optimal’
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