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1. Nearly 300 from Hoboken to participate in New Jersey Marathon this weekend
(Sports/Professional)

... this weekend with a group of parents from my daughter's charter school (Learning Community Charter School) to raise money for the school.” Nicole Spano, a lifelong Hoboken resident, took up running as ...

2. Christie to offer his views on education at Harvard on Friday
(U.S./Nation)

... districts to transfer to better neighboring districts. He also supports the expansion of charter schools and rewarding good teachers with tenure and merit pay, a proposal not supported by the Democratic-controlled ...

3. 'Pink Soror-I-Tea' event to benefit Hudson County college-bound students
(Life/Style)

... visit their website, or call (908) 755-0077. The Rho Kappa Omega Chapter was chartered on September 18, 1988 as a vehicle to fulfill the purposes and ideals of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, ...

4. Gov. Christie: Defying N.J. Supreme Court ruling to increase school aid is among options
(N.J./State)

... to improve education for poorer students by expanding charter schools, linking teachers tenure to the students' academic performance, and rewarding educators in poorer schools with higher salaries. During ...

5. Gov. Christie gets low marks on public education
(N.J./State)

... and increased spending on schools in just the state’s poorest areas by 57 to 39 percent. Voters statewide also oppose expansion of charter schools — another Christie priority — by 56 to 36 percent, ...

6. Who's not cooperating??
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... public education so that you can begin to turn it into a private "for profit" business run by charters and others. If you want any cooperation, Chris, you will learn to work WITH others instead of ...

7. Say Yes to Local Control
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

New charters that just pop up without voter input = taxation without representation. Public tax dollars should not be used to support private education. To the PIACS founders and supporters: you may educate ...

8. Let New Jersey voters make decision on charter schools
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY PATRICK J. DIEGNAN JR. COMMENTARY As the debate on education reform continues to unfold across the nation and our state, most people agree that charter schools in the right place and at the right ...

9. N.J.'s 31 lowest-performing schools eligible for $11 million in federal aid
(N.J./State)

... one charter school in Asbury Park, Camden, East Orange, Irvington, Jersey City, Lakewood Newark, Paterson, and Trenton. Acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf said Monday that he wants to make it clear ...

10. Christie believes New Jersey teachers should be judged with test scores
(N.J./State)

... run charter schools. But in an interview with the Asbury Park Press, Grover Whitehust, director of Brookings' educational policy center, cautioned that while Christie's pitch for the evaluation system ...

11. Poll: Black voters strong supporters of Gov. Christie's plan for charter school expansion
(N.J./State)

Also favor governor's school choice voucher proposal New Jersey voters are split on the continuing growth of charter schools in the state, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll made public Thursday. Forty-four ...

12. N.J. high school seniors struggle with alternative graduation test
(N.J./State)

... Governor's Christie proposals for charters, vouchers, merit pay and budget cuts, the absence of attention to this test-driven increase in high school dropouts is striking," Stan Karp, director of the Education ...

13. Seven New Jersey banks seeking $116 million in federal funds for small business loans
(Money/Economy)

With a filing deadline March 31, seven state-chartered banks have applied for a total of $116 million from the federal Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF), which is making $30 billion available nationally ...

14. Newark teachers protest charter schools' use of public school buildings
(N.J./State)

BY DANIEL ULLOA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The Newark Teachers Union sent an email to its 4,800 members urging them to protest against the placement of charter school in underutilized public school buildings ...

15. Fatal bus crash on N.J. Turnpike in East Brunswick is being investigated
(N.J./State)

... for at least six hours. MSNBC reported that the chartered bus, operated by Super Luxury Tours Inc. of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was carrying approximately 45 passengers from Lower Manhattan to Philadelphia ...

16. Are sports fans resilient or suckers?
(Sports/Professional)

... end an agreement to use Air Canada in chartering teams around Canada and the US. Another NHL Canadian sponsor, Via Rail also wants the league to clean up the violence. Meanwhile, Quebec Premier Jean ...

17. Sen. Rice’s concerns go beyond Cerf to ‘wealth relationships’ behind changes to Newark schools
(N.J./State)

... of some and the merger of others with privately run charter schools. The report was written by a firm, Global Education Advisors, started in May by Cerf and based in his Montclair home. He has maintained ...

18. N.J. lobbyists spent $65.6M in 2010 to get the attention of government officials and public
(N.J./State)

... an advocate for charter schools, was a distant second, spending $458,928. Another union, the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, spent $121,750 on communications. A second non-profit group, ...

19. A horrible way to invest $1 million
(Money/Economy)

... with 14 CFPs on staff and three Chartered Financial Analysts, along with a lawyer and a CPA. It’s been growing quickly, and recently merged with a Boston financial planning firm. Investors’ money mostly ...

20. N.J. being sued over charter school secrecy
(N.J./State)

... the names of "volunteers" who reviewed 50 applications for new charter schools. The ACLU filed suit on behalf of the Newark-based Education Law Center, a frequent legal opponent of the department. The ...