By Kevin Manahan The Star-Ledger Kevin Stinson, a high school social studies teacher in Leonia, protested Gov. Chris Christie’s budget cuts during Saturday’s protest in Trenton.My father spent nearly his entire career in public relations at AT&T, so he was always dispensing advice on how to handle personal crises, big and small. And when I [...]
By Steve Adubato NJvoices.com This past week, thousands of students across the state walked out of class to protest Governor Chris Christie’s state aid cuts to education. Chanting “Christie has to go”, and holding signs up saying “protect educations”, students from Newark, West Orange, Montclair, as well as others in South Orange, Mount Holly, Maplewood [...]
April 19, 2010 By JASON METHOD The Asbury Park Press Education Commissioner Bret Schundler offers different models for success Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed $820 million in cuts to local education have dominated news coverage of his proposed budget as school districts wrestle with the prospect of layoffs, tax increases or other dramatic steps. On the [...]
February 21, 2010 By BARBARA S. ROTHSCHILD The Courier-Post Find a way to make do. That is the message Gov. Chris Christie is sending to school districts, including those in South Jersey that stand to lose up to $8 million in state funds for the remainder of the fiscal year as the governor seeks to [...]
By ERIC SCOTT CAMPBELL The Press of Atlantic City Southern New Jersey school districts will lose $59.9 million in state aid during the remainder of the school year, as part of a budget-cutting initiative Gov. Chris Christie announced Thursday. In a special address to the Legislature, Christie said he will reduce aid to the state’s [...]
February 07, 2010 By Ryan Hutchins The Star-Ledger Facing uncertainty over how much state aid will be available for public schools, districts around New Jersey are anxiously waiting for word from the state and preparing to taking a hard look at their budgets with an eye toward cuts.
By EVA MOSKOWITZ The New York Post Regrettably, it now appears likely that budget cuts will require teacher layoffs in New York City public schools. These will be based solely on seniority under the current teachers-union contract. In Washington, DC, however, they’ve taken a different approach.
by Jeanette Rundquist STAR-LEDGER STAFF In Old Bridge, students and teachers will be in school for one additional day this school year. Starting next September, the academic year there will increase by yet another day. In Morris Plains, teachers will spend 100 more minutes per week working with students and will join a health insurance [...]