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1. Boxer: N.J. community colleges paid for presidents’ luxuries
(N.J./State)

... fits-all approach, but it’s appropriate to set boundaries when schools are spending taxpayer dollars.” The statement released by Boxer also mentions that in 2010 the then president of Union County College ...

2. Afghanistan Taliban suspected of poisoning 160 school children
(World/International)

... Al Farooq spring offensive operation is ... to close schools. By poisoning girls they want to create fear. They try to make families not send their children to school," NDS spokesman Lutfullah Mashal told ...

3. Junk food ban in N.Y. jails? The new crime Ring Ding
(U.S./Nation)

BY PAM LOBLEY NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM NOW THAT’S FUNNY We’ve seen junk food banned from schools, now city officials in New York may ban junk food from jails, too. What does that mean? The Devil ...

4. Nearly 40 organizations demand millionaire’s tax as part of any budget deal
(Money/Economy)

... NJ Save Our Schools (NJ Chapter) SEIU New Jersey State Council SEIU 32BJ, NJ Sierra Club, NJ Statewide Education Organizing Committee NAACP Asbury Park/Neptune Our Children/Our Schools United ...

5. Tyler Clementi and Cason Crane: The ties that bind
(Life/Style)

... the two days before he went away to college and never seemed to discuss the subject with his friends. Cason, who attended private schools, remembers only three incidences of name-calling as he was growing ...

6. N.J. text message suit: Should Shannon Colonna be held liable in motorcycle accident?
(N.J./State)

... the accident, according to a time sequence of events introduced in court. On the traffic charges, Best must make appearances at 14 high schools to discuss the risks associated with texting and driving. ...

7. Ravitch Comments
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Dr. Ravitch is in the forefront of the fight against the Federal/Corporate cabal attempting to privatize the public schools but there are plenty of ground troops in the action. Parents Across America, ...

8. Lucia DiNapoli Gibbons: From barber’s daughter to Wells Fargo top executive
(Money/Economy)

... hopscotch and handball in the neighborhood. Vacations were day trips to the lake. My parents saved for important things like our education. We went to Catholic schools, where they were confident there ...

9. N.J. 'Jeans for Troops' day set for May 24
(N.J./State)

... in the midst of an active movement to help their returning veterans in honor of Memorial Day. Over 300 companies, schools, and government agencies will take part in the GI Go Fund’s “Jeans for Troops” ...

10. NJPP: Proposed tax expenditure reporting bill is common sense oversight
(Opinion/Commentary)

... both the Assembly and the Senate; led New Jersey Network, the Fund for New Jersey and Citizens for Better Schools; and served as assistant education commissioner from 2002 to 2007. Most recently, MacInnes ...

11. No tax cuts in N.J. right now: Adopt a budget free of gimmicks
(Opinion/Commentary)

... schools? Should the legislature pay for any tax cuts by raising additional revenue – e.g.. the Assembly proposal to increase taxes on income over $1 million? Today’s announcement is encouraging. ...

12. Renowned scholar Diane Ravitch takes on public education 'reformers'
(N.J./State)

... student testing and teacher evaluation, charter schools, merit pay, teacher tenure and the two federal laws that engendered “reform,” No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top. Before beginning her ...

13. Dear Gov. Christie: Test our teens' health knowledge
(Life/Style)

... the students we send from New Jersey high schools either into the workforce or into higher education are prepared on that first day to sit in that college classroom, or to perform the job that a business ...

14. Big East: With Marinatto gone, Joe Bailey tries to give answers
(Sports/Professional)

... that I've talked to, I've talked to quite a number of people that there's any kind of — even close to this idea of any kind of split,” Bailey said. So the Catholic schools without Big East football teams ...

15. Is high school football an endangered species?
(Sports/Professional)

... what would happen if former high school players suffering from devastating injuries started suing schools? Would school boards who are either self-insured or pay a huge premium keep the games going? That ...

16. Christie bashes teachers’ union and tenure at Freehold Town Hall meeting
(N.J./State)

... schools.” He described the low achievement rate “in too many schools” as “obscene.” The Governor said he supports public schools but that they need to be stronger. He said there is too much waste and ...

17. Christie administration proposes housing policy changes to help homelessness
(N.J./State)

... to locate developments proximate to areas of high job growth and good schools. In the over 25 years that suburban towns have been confronted with the issue of providing affordable housing, similar proposals ...

18. Poll finds 51% of New Jersey voters have favorable view of Christie
(N.J./State)

... percent of public employee households say the state is on the wrong track. “This spring has not been marred by the same depth of bad feeling about funding schools as in past years,” Woolley said. “Typically, ...

19. New Jerseyans give state highest quality of life rating in 9 years
(N.J./State)

... steady, including positive ratings of a New Jerseyan’s town as a place to live (76 percent), the local environment (75 percent), local schools (63 percent) and neighborhood safety (64 percent). Compared ...

20. DOE: 17 out of every 100 New Jersey high school students failed to graduate in 2011
(N.J./State)

... have learned to the real world, which will provide an incentive for schools to focus on critical thinking skills that are crucial to college and career readiness. In spite of the fact that 82 percent ...