High stakes as NJ prepares for a new school year
Some students will thrive, others will struggle with remote instruction. The stakes are high as NJ tries to get it right.
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Murphy will let districts keep schools closed in the fall
More and more schools were saying a September reopening just wasn't going to work.
NJEA, others want national school reopening guideline consensus
Because no one is really sure what the pandemic will look like in two months, the New Jersey Education Association is one of several groups backing a "National Call to Action."
New health plan for teachers proposed, with promise of savings
Senate President Steve Sweeney and NJEA bury their longtime feud to propose health plans in which teacher contributions are a share of salary, not premiums.
Air conditioning in all NJ schools? Law would make it happen
Weather typically presents the biggest problems in the earliest and latest weeks of the school year, when temperatures inside a classroom can top the sweltering temperatures outdoors.
Unions, Murphy agree to save taxpayers $500 million
State and local government – and by extension, the taxpayers who fund them – should save almost $500 million under health-plan changes agreed to by unions.
PARCC scores suddenly way less important in NJ teacher evaluation
Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration significantly scaled back how much of a teacher’s annual evaluation is tied to student improvement on standardized exams.
From benefits to school mergers to tolls, a plan to overhaul N.J.
A working group organized by the Legislature has pitched a major overhaul of state and local government in New Jersey – teeing up a major battle.
NJ lawmakers criticize teachers union after seeing raw videos
NJEA says it isn't ignoring comments about sex abuse allegations – but that they're false and potentially misleading. Lawmakers have seen the raw video.
NJ teachers union promotes Black Lives Matter in schools
The week-long program is aimed to improve racial equality in the classroom and address larger issues facing society today during Black History Month.