Contract tensions
By Stephanie Petit, Correspondent A small group of students gathered Wednesday to show support and start garnering ideas to help…
Touted as the cure for what ails public education, charter schools have historical roots that are rarely discussed — for good reason.
The Segregationist Roots of the Charter School Movement As a parent I find it easy to understand the appeal…
Faculty Salaries Are Up 1.9%
By Scott Jaschik The median salary of full-time faculty members in 2011-12 is 1.9 percent higher than it was…
Survey Finds a Drop in Minority Presidents Leading Colleges
By Jack Stripling Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. In a troublingly stagnant portrait, the latest…
Faculty-Salary Increases at Public Colleges Trail Those at Private Ones
By Andrea Fuller Salaries for faculty members across all disciplines rose by 1.9 percent this year, nearly matching the…
Do Private School Vouchers Improve Education?
By Nat T. Bender and Thomas M. Peretti In February, Rutgers-Newark Federalist Society hosted a debate between Professor Paul…
University Board of Governors holds special meeting about presidential search
By Jovelle Tamayo / Editor-in-Chief Board members phoned in Friday night to a special Board of Governors meeting regarding…
Newark Project Aims to Link Living and Learning
By ALISON GREGOR NEWARK — Work has begun on an education-centered community featuring three charter schools and affordable housing…
Tenure hearing
AFTNJ President Donna M. Chiera and Newark Teachers Union Joseph Del Grosso testified about tenure legislation for the Assembly…
Weingarten and AFT member discuss tools teachers need to succeed
Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe show, AFT president Randi Weingarten talks about the tools teachers need to help all…
Newark Mayor Cory Booker comes out swinging at contentious State of the City address
[…] A hundred demonstrators gathered outside, mostly from the Newark Teachers Union, objecting to the plan of Booker and…
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