Here is the latest New Jersey education news from Nj.com and NJ Advance Media.
New Jersey Education News
![N.J. commission squirreled away $69M, watchdog says](https://www.nj.com/resizer/v2/M53K7R3J7NB2FCLPUOVI5ZIWEA.jpg?width=2724&height=1919&auth=ae5cddd387fd4e5ab812006d4decf0268e8f3d2470003fff8843d5f2e4224e32&smart=true)
The comptroller's report also said there were no-bid contracts, failure to properly secure health insurance, and overpayments on the insurance. [Read more]
![2 school districts blow deadline to pass budgets in faceoff with ‘iron-fisted’ N.J. officials](https://www.nj.com/resizer/v2/MSG73EF6ERHWFMS6662NQPLOTE.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&auth=c471ec5fcb530b14a6d5824790e68c581d4c4ed686f8085f8815051bd8e5436b&smart=true)
The feud over state school funding cuts escalated this week, with leaders in one school district calling state education officials “tyrannical." [Read more]
![One of N.J.’s largest school districts kept kids with disabilities out of the classroom, state says](https://www.nj.com/resizer/v2/RWPUIR7E5RGN3FW6TJ3C662JGA.jpg?width=4032&height=3024&auth=9a164a950c48cc84c5bfeeeee790b39c27a0140bcdd64e7fe987a94944d40f54&smart=true)
Some students waited months or years to get back in school due to delays by district officials, the investigation found. [Read more]
![Newark school to become museum chronicling Black history](https://www.nj.com/resizer/v2/ASDODLUQLRBDNHPVXSR6TXSTIA.jpg?width=4032&height=3024&auth=caf0cdb821335d652983c7c316f4a84972120a790958c521e5d8e2a7f37480e6&smart=true)
The 179-year-old building is the oldest in the district. [Read more]
![N.J. Supreme Court rules against rabbi who accused school of falsely branding him a ‘pedophile’](https://www.nj.com/resizer/v2/RG45L7XWSVAWNMPBYYDRTN2IH4.jpg?width=1400&height=933&auth=23f08ea14512660664998034ebe169d0cf03e023888cab4425eb8a3247424097&smart=true)
“Today is a good day for religious liberty,” an attorney for the rabbi's former yeshiva said. [Read more]
![This is the No. 1 charter school in N.J., according to U.S. News’ high school rankings](https://www.nj.com/resizer/v2/JFA5NCGYRJGB5PSSRC5KAAVVV4.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&auth=16eac7bade6d65593893f349c7fab6da970d9e7bad2b3e29b5e61ee0069112db&smart=true)
One New Jersey charter school is among the top 100 high schools in the country, according to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report list. [Read more]
![Monmouth University on lockdown as campus police search buildings](https://www.nj.com/resizer/v2/CSJBQQTE25A3LPDQ2NZSMT3GYA.jpg?width=700&height=431&auth=a3b1e985b29122c5af950870feed5063c2168908f6584410ee2247dd78ed8ef2&smart=true)
Monmouth University ordered students to shelter in place behind locked doors early Tuesday. [Read more]