Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Assembly Education Chair Marlene Caride announced their own reform plan for education funding earlier this week, jumping into a debate that began over the summer when the upper house, […]
Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Assembly Education Chair Marlene Caride announced their own reform plan for education funding earlier this week, jumping into a debate that began over the summer when the upper house, […]
Futures Without Violence, the Justice Department and the Ad Council are teaming up for a new national public service advertising campaign aimed at showing adults how to best interact with children who are exposed […]
NJPSA, joined fellow stakeholders, NJEA, NJSBA, NJASA & GSC, raising concerns on legislation, S-2624 (Sweeney), legislation that would mandate schools institute dual enrollment programs and shoulder a third of costs. While appreciative of the […]
New Jersey had the second highest high school graduation rate, according to 2014-15 data released by the federal government Monday. Nationally, the percentage of public school students earning diplomas in four years was 83.2 […]
NJPSA Executive Director Pat Wright testified before the Joint Committee on the Public Schools (JCPS) earlier this week on implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Ms. Wright was joined by a […]
Past NJPSA President Emil Carafa had a candid conversation about implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act October 6, with US Secretary of Education […]
The New Jersey State Board of Education had an opportunity to review a new proposal to provide charter schools significant flexibility. The Board also honored the new State Teacher of the Year, Argine Safari, […]
Hopefully by now, if your district is enrolled in the SEHBP for your health benefits, you are aware that open enrollment has begun and runs through October 31st. The link below will take you […]
In a ruling issued late Monday afternoon, Judge Mary Jacobson dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit brought by the State that sought to compel union representatives on the School Employees’ Health Benefits Commission (SEHBC) to attend […]
According to an audit report issued by the Office of Legislative Services, while the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) did comply with the state Appropriations Acts in how it calculated funding for school […]