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Repollet will get Kean University presidency today

May 11, 2020 4:59 pmMay 12, 2020 10:44 am

Gov. Phil Murphy’s Commissioner of Education will be named today as the new president of Kean University, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The Kean Board of Trustees are meeting now to vote on the hiring of Dr. Lamont Repollet...

Newark VBM turnout is 3%

May 7, 2020 1:38 pm

Just 3% of Newark voters have returned vote-by-mail ballots for a school board race that had been expected to have little voter interest. So far, 4,679 voters have returned their VBM ballots for three Board of Education seats. Last April,...

Murphy closes schools for remainder of school year

May 4, 2020 12:22 pmMay 4, 2020 12:22 pm

New Jersey public schools will be closed through the end of the current school year, Gov. Phil Murphy announced today. “This is a difficult decision and I know that many students, parents, and staff would like to be able to...

Murphy administration tells colleges to discuss coronavirus furlough, layoff plans with CWA first

May 1, 2020 5:02 pmMay 2, 2020 5:58 pm

An aide to Gov. Phil Murphy this week ordered higher education officials to talk to the state director of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) before making decisions on layoffs or furloughs related to the coronavirus. “Any discussions regarding reductions...

Ruth Mandel, Eagleton-Rutgers legend, dies at 81

April 11, 2020 8:09 pmApril 12, 2020 1:14 am

The New York Times is reporting that Ruth B. Mandel, the longtime director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey and a legend in the New Jersey political world, has died at 81. Mandel headed the...

Tabernacle teacher up for $1 million award

March 25, 2020 11:53 amMarch 25, 2020 11:59 am

A New Jersey teacher is up for a $1 million award from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Michael Dunlea, a Tabernacle Elementary School teacher, is one of five American educators to make the final 50 for the...

New Jersey splits on school referendums: two approved, two defeated

March 10, 2020 11:13 pmMarch 11, 2020 12:18 am

Woodbridge and Belmar passed school construction bond referendums on Tuesday, but voters in Edison and South Harrison rejected them. The four municipalities to hold Special School Board referendums today. Edison rejected their second referendum in three months. A $183.2 million...