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1. Innovative educator Cami Anderson shares Christie’s vision for Newark public school system
(N.J./State)

... are still waiting for the promise of real educational opportunity to materialize, and for obstacles to success to finally come to an end,” Christie said as he introduced Anderson. “After a full decade ...

2. MKA teacher Brian Stern of Montclair allegedly had child pornography on campus
(N.J./State)

BY ALICIA CRUZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A teacher at the largest co-educational Pre-K through grade 12 independent school in New Jersey was arrested Tuesday afternoon on one count of possession of child ...

3. Edison Memorial Tower to be restored
(Life/Style)

... Corp. will hold a series of ceremonial and educational events, including "behind-the-scenes" talks with the design team and contractors. For more information on these events, contact Zerbe at nzerbe@menloparkmuseum.org. ...

4. Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms: Forgotten goals and aspirations
(Opinion/Commentary)

... people with disabilities the right to housing, medical and educational treatment, and the opportunity for employment. Furthermore, the fiscal crises automatically destroy freedom from want and fear. As ...

5. Celebrate Earth Day with brown paper bags
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the garden center. According to the Earthdaybags.org website, the Groceries Project is one of the largest and most well established educational projects on the Internet. It is a nonprofit, grassroots ...

6. Christie and Sweeney use inflated data for N.J. public worker health insurance contribution
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Kaiser Family Foundation /Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) survey report, which pegs employee contributions at 30% of the costs of family health insurance plans and 19% of the costs of single ...

7. On the subject of being smarter than you
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

...  Whoops. And when your children are going through the educational system, and they come out two bricks to the head less intelligent than your stunning brilliance you'll wonder why you voted for a man ...

8. Biden: 'Decency of a nation' lies in a new campaign against sexual violence
(U.S./Nation)

... in athletics for females, Title IX also bans sexual discrimination, harassment, and violence in schools and on college campuses. Any educational institution that receives federal funds—and most do—will ...

9. Real education reform won’t come from N.J. courts
(Opinion/Commentary)

... education in New Jersey A closer look at Gov. Christie's State of the State address Arizona shooting: U.S. government provides role model for violence Why does New Jersey tolerate educational ...

10. NJEA President Keshishian: Christie's teacher tenure proposals ‘have no basis in reality’
(N.J./State)

... proposals should get a full public airing, so they can be debated and discussed in the context of genuine educational outcomes. “Unfortunately, most of his proposals represent a top-down, corporate carrot-and-stick ...

11. Christie proposes 7-bill package to change tenure to demand accountability and reward good teachers
(N.J./State)

... work on my tenure reform legislation, and to working with the governor and the Legislature to ensure we have a bill that supports great teachers and better ensures that all students are given the educational ...

12. Vineland High School lifts ban on LGBT websites after pressure from ACLU
(N.J./State)

... funds for technology. The law means to protect children in school from pornographic or other age-inappropriate websites, but schools also block non-educational sites, including gaming sites and Facebook. ...

13. N.J. Department of Labor launches Jobs4Jersey.com to connect jobless with employers
(Money/Economy)

... a 50 mile radius of New Jersey. Career Assessment: A government link that guides people in assessing their skills, job interests, educational needs and the likelihood of finding a job in the fields they ...

14. Times are 'a-changing' for nonprofits in financial storm
(Opinion/Commentary)

... currently accounts for 66 percent of the revenue of health related nonprofits.” Not only will nonprofits see less government grants and contracts to provide health, human care, educational, social, and ...

15. 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 ...

16. Let’s get real about education in New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... have exercised that authority by creating state educational systems. No principle is more central to education law than that education is ultimately a state, not local, responsibility. Local districts ...

17. NJDEP to use federal aid to examine 600 abandoned mines
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of an up-to-date database that can guide state, county and local planners in making future decisions. Also included will be an educational outreach to county and local emergency responders. "The potential ...

18. Rutgers law professor Paul Tractenberg is wrong about education aid in New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... educational outcomes in urban areas and the unconscionable amount of taxpayers’ dollars that have been used to fund a failed experiment for decades. The shameless justifications used by Professor Tractenberg, ...

19. White House claims as many as 4.7 million New Jerseyans benefiting from Obama tax cuts
(Money/Economy)

... created a new college tax credit that provides up to $2,500 for each of four years of college to help cover the cost of tuition and other educational expenses. Learn more about the American Opportunity ...

20. Historian claims Newark, N.J. activist Al-Mustafa Shabazz killed Malcom X
(U.S./Nation)

... was a professor of public affairs, history and African-American Studies, announced the opening of the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. The memorial is located in the Audubon ...