All Entries in the "EDUCATION" Category
William Paterson University hopes new president’s finance background will help in tough economy
Full Story:NJ.com WAYNE — When Kathleen Waldron submitted her application for the president’s job at William Paterson University, she had all the usual qualifications: a doctorate, experience as a dean and a previous stint as a college president. But it was the middle of her résumé — describing her 14 years as a top executive [...]
Tom Moran: Christie faces ugly political ramifications of ‘Race to the Top’ error, Schundler firing
Full Story: Nj.com TRENTON — At the end of the darkest week in Gov. Christie’s term, it got worse Friday. The governor had already lost a $400 million education grant, thanks to the most expensive clerical error in history. He then played the role of sore loser, complaining about the contest rules and blaming President [...]
SCHOTT REPORT HIGHLIGHTS NJ PROGRESS ON BLACK MALE GRADUATION RATES.
Full Story:EDLAWCENTER.com At a time when New Jersey’s schools face many challenges, a new report from the Schott Foundation cites the state as a national model of progress in addressing one of public education’s biggest concerns: improving high school graduation rates for young Black males. (Read the report .) The report, entitled Yes We Can, [...]
NJEA endorses 8 Democrats in congressional, state elections.
TRENTON — The political arm of the state’s largest teachers union has endorsed eight Democrats and no Republicans for congressional and special state legislative elections this year. The New Jersey Education Association’s political action committee announced Monday that they are backing U.S. Reps. Rob Andrews (D-1st Dist.), John Adler (D-3rd Dist.), Frank Pallone (D-6th Dist.), [...]
Senate committee considers bill that would change rules for charter school creation.
schools – something only the commissioner of education can currently do. It would also expand their scope to include online schools, single-sex schools and
Paterson schools consider classroom space at Center City mall.
BY PATRICIA ALEX AND BARBARA BOUCICAUT The Record STAFF WRITERS Full Story:NorthJersey.com The Paterson school district, grappling with a classroom space crunch, is in talks with the developer of the Center City Mall about leasing space for high school programs in the downtown retail center. School officials are looking for a new home for the [...]
SEOC Leaders hold their Annual Summer Organizing Retreat.
By: Henry Sosa Friday July 23rd, 2010 During the next 2 days the Statewide Education Organizing Committee will deepen their understanding and skills, assess where they have been, and where do they need to go. SEOC builds parent power as a means to improve their schools by using direct action organizing, an approach that always [...]
N.J. students meet first African-American space walker at NJIT
Eric Goodman/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — When middle school students gathered at New Jersey Institute of Technology today to meet first ever African-American space-walker, Dr. Bernard Harris Jr., they asked some very important questions about gravity, temperature, space travel and one more practical question. “What is it like to go to the bathroom in space?” asked [...]
Proposal would give Rutgers University the authority to approve N.J. charter schools
TRENTON — Five N.J. Democrats have proposed a bill to expand the state’s charter school system and provide Rutgers University with the authority to approve new schools, according to a report on APP.com. The legislation would also allow for new types of charters, such as virtual schools, one-gender schools and schools specializing in behavioral disorders, [...]
Funeral Consumer Rights, under the funeral rule.
When a loved one dies, grieving family members and friends often are confronted with dozens of decisions about the funeral – all of which must be made quickly and often under great emotional duress. What kind of funeral should it be? What funeral provider should you use? Should you bury or cremate the body, or [...]
Fderal Trade Commission Testifies on Protecting Teen Privacy.
The Federal Trade Commission today testified that while teens are heavy users of the digital environment and may benefit from using the Internet to socialize with peers, learn about issues that interest them, and express themselves, it also can pose unique challenges for them. The FTC testimony to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and [...]
Nestlé Subsidiary to Settle FTC False Advertising Charges; Will Drop Deceptive Health Claims for BOOST Kid Essentials
Case Involving Drink for Kids Is Agency’s First Challenging Deceptive Probiotic Advertising A subsidiary of Nestlé S.A., the world’s largest food and nutrition company, has agreed to drop allegedly deceptive advertising claims about the health benefits of its children’s drink BOOST Kid Essentials, as part of a settlement resolving the Federal Trade Commission’s first case [...]
Advisory commission to the Great Falls is named
Saturday, July 17, 2010 Last updated: Saturday July 17, 2010, 9:06 AM BY MEREDITH MANDELL Herald News STAFF WRITER PATERSON — Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-Paterson, has announced the local residents who will serve on the advisory commission to the Great Falls National Historical Park. Ken Salazar, the U.S. secretary of the interior, appointed the [...]
Governor’s 13.6% school aid cut puts all NJ students at risk.
GOVERNOR’S 13.6% SCHOOL AID CUT PUTS ALL NJ STUDENTS AT RISK LOSS OF STAFF AND PROGRAMS WILL BE FELT STATEWIDE Newark, NJ — March 22, 2010 Governor Christopher Christie’s proposed State Budget would cut $1.06 billion in state formula aid to NJ’s public schools for 2010-11. This whopping, unprecedented cut amounts to nearly 13.6% of [...]
Historic Paterson.
The City of Paterson, located on the Passaic River in New Jersey was once one of the mightiest industrial cities of the United States. It has a rich history as the Nation’s first planned industrial city, as well as containing some of the country’s oldest textile mills and businesses. In 1792, Alexander Hamilton formed an [...]
Paterson Museum.
. Paterson Museum – Thomas Rogers Building, 2 Market Street, Paterson – Owned and maintained by the City of Paterson, the Museum was organized in 1925. Its first exhibit, displayed in the assembly room of the Danforth Public Library, consisted of natural history objects donated by local residents. Two years later, the growing collection was [...]
