This law was approved on January 17, 2014 and becomes effective on May 1, 2014. It applies to all contracts and policies that are delivered, issued, executed, or renewed or approved for issuance […]
This law was approved on January 17, 2014 and becomes effective on May 1, 2014. It applies to all contracts and policies that are delivered, issued, executed, or renewed or approved for issuance […]
July 1, 2014 – Pension Rate and Health Benefit Contributions Increase! On July 1, 2014 your Pension contribution increases from 6.78% to 6.92%. This is the fourth year of a seven year increase […]
The Assembly Education Committee, hearing from a wide swath of educators, community leaders, parents, and advocates, moved legislation, A-3081/A-990/A-2091 (Jasey/Eustace/Andrzejczak), that would establish a new taskforce, Education Reform Review Task Force, to examine the impact of the implementation of the […]
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan returned to Capitol Hill this week to once again defend the President’s FY 2015 budget for the Department of Education (ED) before the Senate Budget Committee on May 6. […]
The State Board is beginning the re-adoption of the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards process this spring. Review of the first set of standards to be considered will include: Visual & Performing Arts, Comprehensive […]
The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) released a report, Make Assessment Matter: Students and Educators Want Tests that Support Learning May 6. Among the report’s findings: Students, teachers, and administrators all agree that learning needs […]
The New Jersey Department of Education released the first Educator Preparation Provider (EPP) Annual Report on May 13. The report provides a snapshot of performance data, including information on teacher certification area and employment, […]
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder released updated guidance to assist public elementary and secondary schools to ensure enrollment processes are consistent with the law and fulfill their obligation […]
The State Board of Education’s May meeting included: a second discussion on newly proposed evaluation regulations, an initial approval of charter regulations, a presentation on the recent PARCC field test, a process for approval […]
“Confusion” is the term that many members have expressed when trying to navigate the evaluation requirements for teaching staff members and personnel other than principals, vice / assistant principals and teachers. While the TEACHNJ […]