education

Are you wishing you picked a different major in college? It's a common and expensive error, and one that many of today's college students may be making right now.

One of the highlights of Gov. Chris Christie's State of the State address Tuesday was his call for a longer school day and school year in New Jersey. His comments received immediate reaction from professionals in the field.

Most New Jersey school districts will try out a new standardized test next year before it goes statewide in 2015.

New Jersey's high school graduation rate rose from 86.5 percent in 2012 to 87.5 percent in 2013, according to the Christie Administration.

New Jersey's education system fares well in an updated look on progress across the country.

New Jersey students scored among the highest in the nation this year on a standardized test often used to compare states' educational performance, and the exams revealed that Hispanic eighth-graders have made significant progress in closing the performance gap with their white peers, according to results released Thursday.

A new report finds New Jersey leads the nation in preschool attendance among young children, but there are still tens of thousands of kids who lack access to a solid early education.

More than 130,000 children are attending preschool in New Jersey, according to a new report, but tens of thousands of young children still lack access.

NEW JERSEY 101.5 Teachers at New Milford High School are taking a "flipped" approach to educating their students. There are no lectures during school hours, and they've done away with assigning homework.

In an effort to better prepare New Jersey high school students for the future, all students in the state are now required to complete a half-year course in economics and financial literacy before graduation.