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All New Jersey public school students, in grades three through 11, will soon be taking their annual math and language arts common core tests online.

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Keeping children safe in the classroom is the top priority, but during a panel discussion on school safety in Neptune, law enforcement officials and educators stressed the importance of not succumbing to emotion and creating sustainable solutions that focus learning.

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Last week, Gov. Chris Christie announced that the state is planning to take over of the Camden school district.

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It's no secret that New Jersey school districts are facing a shortage of administrators, but, a recent report by the New Jersey School Boards Association finds that the situation will only get worse before it gets better.

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The Facebook web page that had been posting fistfights that took place at Bridgewater-Raritan high school now has more than 2,600 "likes" but the videos have been removed.

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The destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy should not affect taxes for municipalities and school districts, says Governor Christie.

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As we mark the 3-month anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Connecticut, many are asking how safe New Jersey Schools really are.

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Uniforms in public schools are a slow-moving trend in New Jersey. The uniforms are designed to remedy issues like peer pressure and too much attention on appearance among students.

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America's schools are in such disrepair that it would cost more than $270 billion just to get elementary and secondary buildings back to their original conditions and twice that to get them up to date, a report released Tuesday estimated. In a foreword to the report, former President Bill Clinton said "we are still struggling to provide equal opportunity" to children and urged the first federal study of school buildings in almost two decades.

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Yesterday, we were telling you how the head of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority - during testimony before a subcommittee in Trenton - told lawmakers the SDA has turned itself around, and is constructing and repairing more schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods than ever before.

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