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Kids caught bullying will lose cell phone privileges in N.J. school district

New rules say students will be banned from bringing phones to school for at least five days if they are caught harassing anyone online. [Read more]

Greg Schiano has ‘blind’ trust in Rutgers BOG to find President Jonathan Holloway’s successor

Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano on Wednesday shared his reaction to President Jonathan Holloway's announcement that he will be stepping down. [Read more]

10-year-old faces criminal charges after ‘disturbing’ threat to N.J. school, cops say

The student was immediately removed from school and taken to police headquarters after the alleged threat was posted on social media. [Read more]

Corruption, lack of resources make it harder for N.J. city to solve its lead dangers

Trenton found high lead levels at a school and vowed to test 600 kids in January. It’s been a "painfully slow" process, the mayor said. [Read more]

N.J. town rejects plan to build huge Orthodox Jewish school complex for 2,500 students

“I will be seeing you in court,” the developer's attorney told the planning board after it turned down the plan to build four schools. [Read more]

Bilingual teachers: A need, unacknowledged

What does it take to fill these critical classroom jobs? [Read more]

Former N.J. teacher headed to prison for distributing child pornography

The Morris County resident taught Italian to students in Hudson County. [Read more]

Rutgers president says he’s stepping down

Jonathan Holloway will resign at the end of Rutgers' academic year, ending a tumultuous five years as president of New Jersey's largest university. [Read more]

Cold case squad investigating perplexing 1977 murder of N.J. grad student, sources say

Sigrid Stevenson died a violent death on the main music stage at Trenton State College, now The College of New Jersey. [Read more]

Gopal, Lesniak: N.J. must expand its recovery high school network | Opinion

Two veteran lawmakers ask why funding has been halved in recent years [Read more]

Bullying lawsuit settled for $200K at N.J. school where another student died by suicide

The lawsuit filed last year alleged administrators failed to protect the student from harassment and bullying [Read more]

Beloved forest at N.J. university should be sold in $65M ‘final offer,’ town says

Campus officials say they are not ready to sign a deal yet to sell the land that earned the school its nickname of "the University in the Forest." [Read more]

Orchestra director at N.J. school accused of sharing child sex abuse materials

Christopher A. Decesare, a music teacher at Toms River Intermediate South School, used social media to share child sex abuse materials, prosecutors alleged. [Read more]

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