Here is the latest New Jersey education news from Nj.com and NJ Advance Media.
New Jersey Education News
Newsweek and Gender Fair evaluated U.S. colleges on women's leadership representation, pay equity, campus safety and opportunity. [Read more]
This is the first attempt to regulate charter schools, which educate 64,000 students in New Jersey. Gov. Phil Murphy must sign off. [Read more]
A 19-year-old student was injured at the Alpha Sigma Phi house at Rutgers University. [Read more]
The groundbreaking veteran educator is now a contender for the national superintendent award to be announced next month. [Read more]
The rare request comes as the school district has to close school buildings for two days for a Congressional primary and special election to replace Mikie Sherrill. [Read more]
The return on the New Jersey’s investment in vocational-technical schools is already visible. [Read more]
More than $18 million was awarded for the purchase of 53 electric school buses and 41 associated fast chargers [Read more]
In one of his final acts in office, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law requiring all 600+ public school districts to adopt new "bell-to-bell" cellphone restrictions. [Read more]
Repairs are not expected to conclude in time for the start of the spring semester. [Read more]
About 150 students attend the district’s only school, which officials say could close if voters reject the tax hike. [Read more]
Is it mental health? Transportation issues? Something about the school climate? A new task force will look into the state's 15% chronic absenteeism rate. [Read more]
A burst pipe has forced 250 students to move just days before the spring semester begins. [Read more]
The school's president pledged $250,000 of his own money to the Presidential Hope Fund while the university cuts pay and lays off staff. [Read more]