New Jersey Education Reform

>Seven names to task force studying school-lunch program

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Seven names to task force studying school-lunch program Acting Governor Kim Guadagno today named seven people to the New Jersey Education Funding Task Force. The task force’s job is to evaluate the Free and Reduced Price School Lunch Program. The New Jersey Education Funding Task Force will be [...]

>Agenda: State Board of Education

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Agenda: State Board of Education What they are doing: While school reform and funding issues roil New Jersey’s political scene, the state Board of Education’s agenda is a relatively light one today. One policy area up for vote is a change in the competency testing required for incoming [...]

>When NJ kids take out No. 2 pencils, they’ll be testing the test

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When NJ kids take out No. 2 pencils, they’ll be testing the test When elementary and middle school students sit down next month for the annual state testing, they will get their first taste of new national academic standards coming to New Jersey –- even if they may not know it. The Christie [...]

>Budget review: School aid, pricey consultants are scrutinized

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Budget review: School aid, pricey consultants are scrutinized The Christie administration’s education budget was first up for the Democrat-controlled legislature’s review yesterday, facing a barrage of questions from the fairness of its funding for local schools to the high-priced consultants [...]

>Senate panel considers NJ education budget

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Senate panel considers NJ education budget Gov. Chris Christie’s ideas for reforming public education will likely to be scrutinized when Democrats examine his proposed budget for schools. Acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf will testify before the panel Thursday. Christie’s proposed budget [...]

>What do budget reviews mean for education department?

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What do budget reviews mean for education department? When the state Department of Education starts off the legislature’s budget reviews this week, much of the attention will be on the $11.7 billion in state aid that the agency distributes to more than 500 school districts across New Jersey. But [...]

>Students At N.J. Middle School Say Principal Announced Ban On Hugging

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Students At N.J. Middle School Say Principal Announced Ban On HuggingMarch 22, 2012 8:16 PM MATAWAN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) –There is a lot of confusion at Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School, where students say the principal made an unusual announcement last week. “First, I heard over the loudspeaker ‘We [...]

>New Jersey narrows probe of erasures on standardized tests

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New Jersey narrows probe of erasures on standardized tests State education officials will probe deeper into nine public schools after a preliminary investigation found higher-than-normal erasures in standardized tests. Two schools in Newark and one each in Orange, Woodbridge, East Orange, [...]

>Newark super drums up support for sweeping reforms

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Newark super drums up support for sweeping reforms Newark schools superintendent Cami Anderson’s announcement yesterday of the final details in her plans to reorganize New Jersey’s largest district was almost as much about appearance as it was about substance. The substance was significant: The [...]

>Christie and Cerf call on legislature to approve 3 key education bills

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Christie and Cerf call on legislature to approve 3 key education bills Gov. Chris Christie and state Education Commissioner Chris Cerf Monday called on the Democratic-controlled Legislature to approve the proposals the governor has made in what he sees as an effort to improve public [...]

>Christie: Change the way at-risk students are counted

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Christie: Change the way at-risk students are counted Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday that he’s looking for another way to count impoverished students whose districts qualify for additional school aid because the existing measure — participation in a subsidized school lunch program — is rife [...]

>Tenure: A two-tier systems always lead to morale problems in any workforce

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Tenure: A two-tier systems always lead to morale problems in any workforceAndrea Dealmagro The grandfathering clause is simply to make the bill more palatable and acceptable to the teachers’ union and the public.. It is an opportunistic decision. Then basing dismissals on “school needs” above all [...]

>Will NJ go public with teacher ratings?

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Will NJ go public with teacher ratings? When New York City last week posted the performance ratings for thousands of its public school teachers online, it raised concerns about the fairness of the data and the accuracy of the ratings themselves. It also brought up questions on this side of the [...]

>Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker endorses Christie’s school reforms

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Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker endorses Christie’s school reforms Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker said Monday that he backs Gov. Chris Christie’s education reform measures — including school choice and teacher tenure changes — but he is critical of the new plan for higher education. Booker, a Democratic [...]

>Schools awaiting details of proposed rise in aid

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Schools awaiting details of proposed rise in aidGovernor Christie proposed boosting aid to public schools by $121 million Tuesday, and now districts are awaiting the details about how much each would receive. Christie has often asserted that the school funding law sends a disproportionate sum to [...]

>Christie tees off on NJEA exec: ‘He should resign today’

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Christie tees off on NJEA exec: ‘He should resign today’ Gov. Chris Christie today jumped on a comment made by N.J. Education Association Executive Director Vince Giordano in response to the plight of low-income residents who cannot afford options outside the public school system, calling on [...]

>School testing investigation moves to next phase

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School testing investigation moves to next phase The first team of state investigators is expected tomorrow at Woodbridge’s Avenal Street School, one of nearly a dozen schools singled out last summer for irregularities and possible cheating on state tests. What raised the red flag? Avenal is one [...]
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