By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
PATERSON, N.J. – After a two-year legal battle, New Jersey Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf has approved the termination of Paterson teacher Ron Tuitt, who was accused of urinating in his classroom with students present, then sending them to empty his urine bottles.
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By Steve Gunn
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TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey is a very strong union state, so it’s not surprising that an unusual number of charter school teachers have been recruited into local teachers unions.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
CARTERET, N.J. – A New Jersey mayor is asking the state’s top education official to suspend the local school board for “horrendously unethical conduct” involving the local teachers union president.
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By Ashleigh Costello
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TRENTON, N.J. – A new study by a Stanford University research center shows students in New Jersey charter schools have demonstrated greater learning gains overall than their traditional school counterparts.
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By Ben Velderman
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TRENTON, N.J. – The tenure case of an elementary teacher accused of streaking through an apartment complex’s parking lot has secured a place in New Jersey history, perhaps for multiple reasons.
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By Ashleigh Costello
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MOONACHIE, N.J.—Cancelation of the New Jersey Education Association’s annual conference is giving school districts the opportunity to stay open and get two much-needed makeup days following Hurricane Sandy.
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By Steve Gunn
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TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey school districts may have found a way to rescue school boards from the clutches of local teachers unions.
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By Steve Gunn
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MADISON, N.J. – There’s proof in New Jersey that outsourcing of school support services can be very effective, particularly when it comes to student safety.
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By Ben Velderman
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PATERSON, N.J. – What do you call a room full of ineffective teachers who sit around doing nothing all day?
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
TRENTON, N.J. – A New Jersey state senator has introduced legislation that would streamline the process for firing teachers who abuse or bully students.
A lot of streamlining would have to be done.
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
CAMDEN, N.J. – The jig is up in New Jersey.
A newly released report from the bipartisan State Commission of Investigation exposed that union officials statewide have raked in more than $30 million in public tax dollars since 2006 while “occupying government job titles but doing no government work.”
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By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Pumping more money into failing public schools is not the answer, according to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
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By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Here’s a good sign that the old Democratic Party/teachers union political machine may be losing its influence among voters, even in liberal, pro-union states like New Jersey.
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