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1. N.J. public school teacher evaluation committee includes 5 teachers
(N.J./State)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Five public school teachers are among the 21 members of a new committee created to advise the New Jersey Department of Education on a controversial teacher evaluation ...

2. How Gov. Christie is wrong about N.J.'s school funding formula
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the Governor from asking the Legislature to enact changes to teacher evaluations or to authorize a merit pay program. In fact, attracting, supporting and retaining high quality teachers and other improvement ...

3. Guns found at Millville High School reminiscent of Columbine tragedy
(N.J./State)

... evaluation, the Star Ledger reported. The Columbine High School massacre occurred April 20, 1999 just after 11:00 a.m. in Jefferson County, Colorado. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, both seniors at the ...

4. N.J. teachers helping to create state’s new evaluation system despite Christie's war against them
(N.J./State)

... of tenure they receive by their performance. New Jersey’s Department of Education said that 10 districts had been accepted into the $1.2 million pilot teacher evaluation program. It asks districts to ...

5. Christie calls on legislative Democrats to act on his government ethics proposals
(N.J./State)

... of interest for legislators by making recusal mandatory for direct financial conflict (no more self-evaluation to determine whether the member “feels” there is or is not a conflict) and strict disclosure ...

6. NJDOE Assistant Commissioner to Present at NJAFPA Winter Training Institute about Student Performance and Teacher Pay/Tenure
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... to how the NJDOE plans to implement teacher evaluation using student performance on standardized tests. Go to http://www.njeducatorsprofessionaldevelopment.com/winter-training-institute/ for more information. ...

7. Better Education for Kids going after NJEA instead of Christie
(N.J./State)

... proposal for teacher evaluation based on student test scores and tenure, “put students first,“ and take on what it considers the biggest opponent to change — the 195,501-member and politically-powerful ...

8. Prejudices toward disabled employees may be preventing success in the workplace
(Opinion/Commentary)

... disabilities by their non-disabled co-workers. Historically, public attitudes toward people with disabilities, compounded by a preconceived evaluation of the negative aspects of those disabilities, ...

9. Amid flooding, N.J. Assemblyman Benson offers legislation to help combat indoor mold
(N.J./State)

... identification, and evaluation of the interior of residential buildings for mold. The DCA also would be required to establish standards for mold hazard abatement procedures including specialized cleaning, ...

10. Earthquakes raise safety concerns for East Coast nuclear plants
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... upgrade earthquake protections and evaluations since 2005, in partial recognition of the inadequacy of nuclear plant designs based on the fledgling science of seismology in the 1950s and early 1960s. But ...

11. 11 N.J. school districts to participate in Gov. Christie's teacher evaluation program
(N.J./State)

Newark, Elizabeth, Red Bank, Ocean City among them 11 school districts have been selected to participate in the Christie administration’s Excellent Educators for New Jersey (EE4NJ) teacher evaluation ...

12. Mayor Mike Bloomberg wins for Hurricane Irene and sex education mandate
(Life/Style)

... better attitudes and behaviors. If students could be part of the evaluation process, they might feel even more invested in the instruction. Mayor Bloomberg could become an Ambassador for effective ...

13. N.J. parks ‘suffer significant damage’ from Hurricane Irene
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... flooded Batsto Village, overwhelmed some bridges and roads, and caused power and communications outages. The park is closed pending evaluation and restoration. Raritan Canal State Park has significant ...

14. Tenure
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

It would be interesting to know how many teachers do not make tenure in the three years. I think that is a large number. Also it is misleading when the article talks about teachers evaluations. Even ...

15. N.J. approves of Christie’s education proposals — to a point
(N.J./State)

... similar to the results of a state poll conducted in 1992. Christie wants teacher salaries to be based on student performance and classroom evaluations rather than simply a teacher’s academic credentials ...

16. At what age should you collect social security?
(Money/Economy)

... reaching age 65. Deciding on the best age to take your benefits is an important decision. Your financial advisor can help you with this evaluation. Janet L. Critchley, CPA, PFS, MST is a financial ...

17. N.J. gaming regulators give MGM Resorts another 18 months to get out of Atlantic City
(Money/Economy)

... to MGM’s business partner and compliance process deficiencies, and should not be interpreted as a reevaluation of any finding or conclusion set forth in its report. “The decision of the Borgata to ...

18. Taxpayers, the silent majority, are the winners in the debt deal
(Opinion/Commentary)

... cuts in spending, more efficiency in providing government services and an honest evaluation of entitlement programs so that the cost is reasonable and the service adequate. The silent majority is ...

19. Roman Vintfeld and his Edgewater, East Brunswick companies sued for offering phony modeling services
(N.J./State)

... from the parents. The complaint further alleges that the defendants then induced the parents to come to their offices for a free evaluation, at which time they were pressured to sign contracts that they ...

20. N.J. State Council on the Arts awards more than $15.8 million to nearly 800 arts organizations
(N.J./State)

... supports 20,000 businesses, sustains more than 80,000 jobs and returns $41 million in state tax revenue. In addition, 38 organizations and projects that received the highest evaluations from the peer ...