The NJDOA and NJDOE support SBP and have partnered to communicate this message to every district in the State.
If yes, NJASA, in cooperation with EIRC, NJDEP, NJDOE & NJSBA, invites you to apply to the federal U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Program.
Being held at Jackson Liberty High School, Jackson, NJ on Wednesday, February 29th
...as Acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf is set to give a major speech on education...
Before the New Jersey Supreme Court on January 18th, NJASA argues to affirm the decision of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, that the Accountability Regulations could not be used to deprive superintendents and assistant superintendents of the benefit of sick leave in excess of $15,000 where the excess sick leave was accrued prior to enactment of the relevant statute.
The law establishes two procedures for allowing a school district to move its annual school election to the November general election.
Shortcomings inherent in the new Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying law have the potential to create long-lasting negative consequences, and legislators should consider necessary adjustments to the law to protect students.
NJASA's thoughts on changes would better align the process with the original purpose of the law.
a New Partnership with School Energy Solutions (SES) NJASA has been working to identify effective ways for you to cut your District's costs. Benefits include: A significant drop in your District's energy usage and costs - Savings that are realized within 90 days of program implementation - SES does not get paid until Savings are realized! Click for more details.
On Jan. 26th, 21st Century Fluency Project Director Ian Jukes will discuss how to ensure that children are properly prepared for the future rather than society's past. On Jan. 27th, Nevada Commission on Educational Technology Chair Jhone Ebert will present her beliefs that handheld devices are probably the most valuable classroom tools.
A good breakfast helps students focus in class, score higher on standardized tests and avoid trips to the school nurse.
NJASA Executive Director Richard G. Bozza said, “Roy is a top-notch chief education officer.”
Let’s examine data in one area that is often assumed to yield great savings – Administrative Costs.
It includes 45 specific recommendations to reduce red tape in New Jersey's public education system.
School districts will be able to reimburse attendees for overnight lodging on January 26, 2012.
...the hole in the pension fund climbed to $41.8 billion — an increase of $5.5 billion — by the end of fiscal 2011, the result of Christie following in the tradition of his recent predecessors and skipping the state’s pension payment.
America's public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire teachers who aren't performing. A few states have essentially nullified tenure protections altogether...
First, assert without evidence that regular public schools are “failing” and that large numbers of regular (unionized) public school teachers are incompetent. ... Then propose so-called reforms to address the unproven problem — charter schools to escape teacher unionization and the mechanistic use of student scores on low-quality and corrupted tests to identify teachers who should be fired.
If passed, the long-awaited Senate bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, better known in its current form as No Child Left BEhind) would build a bigger highway between low-performing schools serving high-need students — the so-called “bottom 5 percent”— and all other schools.
Teacher tenure gaining traction among lawmakers as debates on education continue to swirl
