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Yesterday, the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) canceled its annual teachers' convention in Atlantic City for the first time in 158 years because of the damage caused by super-storm Sandy.

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is urging teachers to voluntarily be back in the classroom next week on their cancelled convention days.

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The Assembly Higher Education Committee has given the green light to a bill that would provide monetary incentives to help retain and attract teachers to struggling schools in the Garden State.

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Many political experts and a lot of Democrats blame a lack of public worker union support for former Governor Jon Corzine's loss to Chris Christie in 2009.

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The investigation continues in Camden County after three teachers at Triton High School in Runnemede were charged with engaging in sexual activity with three female students.

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Three teachers and two administrators at Triton High School in Runnemede are facing criminal charges, and have been suspended, after the teachers allegedly engaged in sexual activity with three female students.

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When I think back to the punishments I endured growing up at Holy Rosary Academy in Union City, then at St Joe’s in West New York, I’m surprised I ever made it this far without losing my mind. In those days, the nuns and priests could hit and boy did they ever! I think of this now in the case of a substitute teacher who may face criminal charges for duct taping the mouth shut of a student to stop him from talking in class.

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Today, a day after Governor Chris Christie delivered the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, a New Jersey Democrat is blasting him for what he calls “divisive rhetoric……that sought to undermine the foundation of workers’ rights.”

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A vacationing public school teacher who told Gov. Chris Christie she felt betrayed by his pension changes got an apology from him in Ocean City.

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With the local 2 percent property tax cap and the slow economy, some tough bargaining is taking place for teachers in many local school districts.

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