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1. N.J.'s teacher tenure victory shows hope for future
(Opinion/Commentary)

... teacher receives tenure, under this new law he or she can lose that teaching job if he or she receives a sub-par evaluation two years in a row. It may not sound like much, but this is a very big deal ...

2. Marvin Hamlisch: Funeral and shiva open to the public
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... lovely score for ‘Three Men and a Baby.’ RIP.” Seth McFarlane: “We’re running out of great composers. Marvin Hamlisch you will be missed.” Jennifer Holliday: “Thank U4 believing in me, 4 teaching me ...

3. Guns
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... small game. But back to teaching you about guns and gun control. I noticed how, rather than refuting Nugent with facts, you jumped immediately to making a joke about penis size. Is that all ya got? ...

4. German high school students largely ignorant of Hitler's dictatorship
(World/International)

... all,” Klaus Schroeder, study author, said, according to the Belfast Telegraph. "The low estimation of historical knowledge is clearly having an effect. The schools really should take action." The teaching ...

5. N.J. higher education bill: The impact on Rutgers, Rowan, and UMDNJ
(N.J./State)

... will take over parts of UMDNJ but its teaching hospital, the University Hospital in Newark which is the largest provider of medical care to the uninsured poor in the state, will become independently state-funded. ...

6. Rutgers students team up with ShapingNJ to combat obesity
(Health/Healthquest)

... Trader Joe’s where I live,’’ Blount said. “People in my neighborhood don’t know about it. I feel like I should start teaching people in my community so they will want better than they are getting.’’  ...

7. Reforming N.J. teacher tenure laws will help small businesses
(Opinion/Commentary)

... gas pumper one afternoon in 1995. I was teaching an employee how to open my Texaco gas station in preparation for his upcoming summer vacation. This had become an annual ritual so that an ambitious teenager ...

8. N.J. is treacherous ground for physicians
(Health/Healthquest)

... J. Richard Goldstein, president and CEO of the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals, said in a 2010 news release. “National health reform, while laudable and needed, will only work to accelerate the ...

9. Great Article!
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This is a wonderful article. This will not be teaching to the test. Even if there is, it will be teaching of vital life skills. There is no argument that anything on that test wouldn't be valuable to know! ...

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

... to achieve were impossible. “Schools have been turned into testing factories,” she said. “We’re confusing testing with teaching,” while “the ideas of joy and learning seem hopelessly antique.” Describing ...

11. Susie Wilson
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Susie Wilson is clueless. Is that what you want? Just to be included in the laundry list of tests being shoveled into our children's classrooms? Great, so there will be even MORE teaching to the test. ...

12. DESTROYING PUBLIC SPEAKING AT YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
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... qualifications needed for teaching such a serious and valuable subject. We urge you to reconsider letting him go and destroying the speech program. ...

13. DESTROYING PUBLIC SPEAKING AT YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
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... qualifications needed for teaching such a serious and valuable subject. We urge you to reconsider letting him go and destroying the speech program. ...

14. Tenure
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Tenure in teaching is important . There is a three year period prior to getting tenure. Bad teachers usually surface during this period. Administrators have the power to not renew contracts and not award ...

15. Rutgers human ecologist Bonnie McCay elected to National Academy of Sciences
(N.J./State)

... University and has been teaching at Rutgers for 38 years, is internationally renowned for her work to further the sustainable management of coastal fisheries by collaborating with scientists from the United ...

16. Ewing artist Joy Kreves mixes media to convey messages
(Life/Style)

... The freedom and power inherent in art probably helped tip the balance when she had to decide whether to become a professional musician or a visual artist. She earned a teaching degree in art education ...

17. Citi's 'Every Step of the Way' program helps N.J. Olympians give back
(Sports/Professional)

... at age five at Dorney Park, is now leading the charge as an African American to raise the awareness on both the safety and health benefits of teaching young minorities to swim. He won gold in Beijing and ...

18. Fire that teacher!!!!!
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... like this son did and was abused by you!! YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO STILL BE TEACHING YOU ARE NOT CAPABLE YOUR TENURE MEANS NOTHING!! YOU ARE A LIABILITY TO THE SYSTEM AND A DANGER TO ANY CHILD!!! YOU SHOULD ...

19. ABSOLUTE DISGRACE!!
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... and will take care of him and make him understand what a wonderful human being he is, with or without disabilities and that people like his teachers do not deserve to continue teaching (if that is what ...

20. Why women may be better investors than men
(Money/Economy)

... much like like the female-dominated fields of nursing and teaching. As a planner, you can help families achieve their goals in the context of their current lifestyle. “I believe if young women understood ...