The Senate Education Committee, in addition to approving legislation, S-1987 (Ruiz), that would prohibit the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) from regulating the maximum salary amount a school district may pay its superintendent […]

This article was written by Robert Schwartz, Andrew Schwartz, and Dishon Dawson   The purpose of this article is to discuss some of the more recent cases dealing with student speech issues. Rather than […]

In 2012 the New Jersey Legislature made significant changes to the tenure law.  The changes increased the time for tenure acquisition in a new position from three to four years of service. The changes […]

You just received a disciplinary referral from Johnny Jones. Because Johnny has an I-Phone, he has already called his mom and explained his version of the events. Johnny’s mom is now on the phone […]

The law of harassment has been the subject of much litigation over the past two decades.  The cases have defined harassment in the workplace as conduct which creates a “hostile” environment predicated on one’s […]

A Rite of Spring  –  Nonrenewal of Nontenured Teaching Staff Members By Wayne J. Oppito, Esq. New Jersey statute, N.J.S.A. 18A:27-10 reads: On or before May 15 in each year, each nontenured teaching staff […]

The State Board of Education at their June 4 meeting returned some semblance of control to state-operated Newark and Paterson, received an overview on student growth objectives, and made some changes to rollout timelines […]

  Twenty-five high school seniors statewide earned a $2,000 Student Leadership Scholarship awarded by the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association during a May 20, 2014 scholarship luncheon at the NJPSA/FEA headquarters in Monroe […]

    On Monday, May 19, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Assembly Education Committee Chairman Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. unveiled an 8-bill package to improve and expand New Jersey’s vocational school programs, citing it […]