Larry Feinsod, President of the New Jersey School Boards Association, has a new column up that reiterates NJSBA’s long-standing position that seniority-based lay-offs are contrary
Last night was the first Newark School Board candidate forum at St. James AME Church. I wasn’t able to make it there and haven’t seen
Groucho Marx aside, here’s some numbers via the Star-Ledger on school board elections today. Don’t forget to vote! 1,861 candidates are seeking positions on New
New Jersey School Boards Association just issued a report on the status of teacher contract negotiations in the state’s 579 school districts. Of the 211
“We got approval twice already. They are not likely to prevail,” she said. “We hope that the Hoboken Board of Education finally stops trying to
Mark Weber, aka Jersey Jazzman, just published a lengthy series of posts about charter schools in Hoboken, with a particular focus on Elysian Charter School,
There are many arguments against the way we back-load teacher compensation, i.e., awarding small annual salary increases to newer teachers while granting comparatively large salary
It starts here: As children and district staff head back to school this week, policy-makers and educators continue to wrangle over a host of educational,
From EdWeek: “School boards have more equitable representation of men and women than any other governing group in the United States, but new studies suggest
Late Sunday night yet another Trenton Board of Education member resigned, leaving only four members of the nine-member, mayor-appointed group, one less than a quorum