Department of Education

Lamont Repollet will become president of Kean, after heading up the NJ Department of Education since 2018.

An education advocacy group has urged the Governor to narrow spending options for millions in federal funds, to get each student internet access and a device.

State Police and education officials said "wave parades" and any in-person ceremonies should be postponed until after pandemic restrictions are lifted.

The Department of Education has released its annual list of teachers and their salaries for 2019.

New Jersey officials are pushing from multiple angles to get schools with lots of chronically absent students to do more to get kids into the classroom.

Black students and students with disabilities attending public schools in Virginia's capital city are more severely and more frequently punished than their classmates, according to a complaint filed Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.

Significantly more New Jersey students are filing appeals to earn their diplomas following controversial changes to high school graduation requirements.

Eight high school seniors from New Jersey have been named to the 51st class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, an elite academic honor extended to just 141 senior nationwide.

A state lawmaker thinks New Jersey kids are being over-tested at public schools, and he wants to put an end to it.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday that testing U.S. schoolchildren annually in math and reading is critical for measuring their educational progress, setting the stage for what is likely to be a contentious Capitol Hill debate on the federal role in education.