Breaking Educational

Local Area Newspapers Out-of-Area Newspapers and e-News
Other Resources No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
All About High Schools Interesting Educational Research
S1701 Fun Stuff

 

Local Area Newspapers
  The Abbott Districts: Pare with Care (Star Ledger, 5/29/05)
$5 million in school funding wasted (Star Ledger, 3/7/05) Lincoln Park facilities overdue, but cost is a concern (Star Ledger, 3/11/05)
ACT scores with more students (Star Ledger, 3/9/05) N.J. looks to revamp teachers' training (Star Ledger, 3/3/05)
School spending cap offers departure from status quo (Daily Record, 1/19/05) Board OKs arts academy move (Daily Record, 1/19/05)

Mine Hill students must stay in Dover (Daily Record, 12/28/04) Commissioner's decision

Reply to "Too Much for Teachers" (Star Ledger 11/18/04)
New Supt visits BOE (Trends, 11/14/04)
McGreevey's education record (Gannett State Bureau, 11/12/04)
Too Much for Teachers (Star Ledger 11/1/04)
New Municpal Complex (Argus, 11/04/04)

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Out-of-Area Newspapers and e-News
  How We Learn (NY Times, 1/16/05)
Working with the Enemy (NY Times, 1/16/05) In Push for Small Schools, Other Schools Suffer (NY Times, 1/14/05)

The schoolhouses that Gates built (Christian Science Monitor, 12/7/04)

Property taxes rising nationwide (Christian Science Monitor, 12/03/04)

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Other Resources

Lincoln Park Middle School once again participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP 2005) Profile of Teachers in the U.S. 2005 (National Center for Education Information, Aug. 2005)
The Education Technology Plan for New Jersey
Working Toward the Future with Our Children

Just Released--January 7, 2005!

The National Educational Technology Plan
By of U.S. Department of Education


Citizens for Community Action!
A project of the Civil Society Institute's Results for America campaign.
Educational Perspectives--Professional Organizations contribution to public education
Special Education: A Guide for Parents and Advocates--The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Congress updates special-ed law (eSchool News, January 2005)
Diminishing Data--4 More Years  
 

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
No Child Left Behind in New Jersey US Dept of Education: No Child Left Behind
Polls Show Public is Wary of NCLB (Education Research Service, September 15, 2005) NEA, school districts sue ED over NCLB
(eSchool News Online, 4/21/05)
Thirty school districts and three charter schools were notified that they have been designated as "Districts in Need of Improvement" under NCLB. (New Jersey Department of Education, March 7, 2005) AYP--Ambiguous yearly progress (Rutland Herald, 1/5/05)
Schools Told to Outsource Tutoring (Chicago Tribune, 12/11/04) NCLB--Taking Root (Education Week, 12/7/04)

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All About High Schools

Mountain Lakes vs. Boonton Twp.
• Boonton Twp. and Mt. Lakes Come to Agreement (12/9/04 Daily Record)

• Daily Record Opinion on Mountain Lakes/Boonton Twp. Possible Agreement (12/9/04)
• Two Boards consider agreement (12/08/04 Daily Record)
• Boonton Twp. OKs School Pact (12/14/04 Daily Record)

The State's 40% for Local Construction
• Construction Funds Running Out (12/05/04 Press of Atlantic City)

• As 40% match for construction runs out (Start Ledger 12/02/04)

Small High Schools (New York Times, 11/17/04)

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S1701
New Jersey School Boards Association has dedicated a portion of their web site to the issue of S1701--Excellent resource.  A3680--Assembly Ed. Committee Moves Legislation to Amend School Budget Cap Law (Morris Cty. SBA, 1/19/05)
Unintended Consequences (NJ School Boards)
Bills introduced to modify S1701 (NJ Assoc. of School Administrators)
1701--New Law and Final Regs. (PowerPoint format)
How will S1701 affect students?  Daily Record Editorial on S1701
Parents’ help asked to undo budget law (Hub, 12/8/04) Easing Limits on School Spending (Star Ledger, 12/13/04)
Legislature aim to amend school budget law (The Shopper, 12/08/04) CHAPTER 23A
ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMITS, TRANSFERS AND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT

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Interesting Educational Research

All Work and No Play--What KIDS and PARENTS want from out-of-school time

 

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Fun Stuff

New Jersey History's Mysteries
This site is dedicated to all the little known and mostly forgotten people, places and events that make New Jersey the interesting state that it is.

Monterey Bay Aquarium, Live Web Cams
See the three-story Kelp Cam, the Penguin Cam, the Shark Cam, the Otter Cam and more.

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