education

At a legislative hearing, a familiar refrain from the education community: It's great that schools are open, but it's only October and everyone's exhausted.

School officials present the Legislature with five ways the state can help address the shortage of bus drivers, one of many challenges this school year.

The immediate goal of establishing this "flexibility" in grade-point average, Praxis test results, or subject matter credit requirements is to get more educators into Jersey classrooms.

The State Board of Education approves the New Jersey State Graduation Proficiency Assessment, mandatory for 11th graders, to be given in March.

Republican candidate for governor Jack Ciattarelli said school aid should be distributed evenly per student statewide, with extra for English language learners.

Among the inequities aggravated by the pandemic are the differences in school systems.

Education Law Center says due to COVID, seniors in the Class of 2022 didn't have all the graduation testing opportunities promised in the past few years.

Gov. Phil Murphy says in-person schooling is superior, but a group of parents says that isn't the case for all students.

Backers of the curriculum change say there is a "civics crisis in this country." Some point to the January riot at the Capitol as proof.

NJ could have hundreds of different mask policies when school resumes in the Fall