New Jersey Education News

About 50 students who trashed the school with toilet paper and barricaded hallways with furniture will receive empty diploma folders at graduation, under a proposed deal. [Read more]

The program offers up to $20,000 in student loan forgiveness, but future funding is in jeopardy as proposed budget cuts loom. [Read more]

The mayor says the trashed school "looked like a house robbery" with toilet paper everywhere and furniture barricading hallways. [Read more]

Parents launched a fundraising drive in a bid to keep the school open next year. [Read more]

Look up where your New Jersey public school ranks among the top schools in each New Jersey county, according to new state ratings. [Read more]
School officials canceled classes after initially announcing a 90-minute delay. [Read more]
The lawsuit claims New Jersey's "broken" school funding formula led to hundreds of job losses and other cuts. [Read more]

The unique "Lavender Graduation" lets LGBTQ+ graduates from across New Jersey be their true selves as they receive rainbow tassels. [Read more]

A Hillsborough man’s civil rights lawsuit was tossed after a judge ruled he waited too long to file. [Read more]

New Jersey tops the nation in isolating kids with disabilities in special classes and schools. Another state is trying something completely different. [Read more]

The pay for the top-earning New Jersey superintendent surpassed $320,000, new data shows. See the full list. [Read more]
Getting into college may be a tough enough ordeal for many students, but these ultra-selective schools take the cake for their low admission rates. [Read more]
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