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A second-grade teacher has been fired for insubordination and inappropriate behavior, including urinating in his northern New Jersey classroom.

An Assembly-approved bill to help military spouses with out-of-state teaching licenses find work in New Jersey has been advanced by a Senate panel. The legislation would require the State Board of Education to establish a procedure for the issuance of a temporary instructional certificate to a nonresident military spouse.

School administrators in New Jersey districts that tested a new ways to evaluate teachers are bullish on the changes, but teachers remain skeptical, according to a report from Rutgers University.

School boards in New Jersey and throughout the nation have been dealing with a new problem over the past few years that seems to be getting larger as time goes on - social media.

A new statewide system for evaluating teachers and principals is set to launch next year.

Do you know those stories about the people who say they did porn to work their way through college or get to another career? Here’s one that backfired.

New Jersey will become the first East Coast state to address the shortage of science and math teachers by recruiting, training and funding people with strong backgrounds in those fields through a national fellowship program.

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.

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

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.