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- Ex-casino worker hustles to keep students' interest
- EGG HARBOR CITY - For more than 20 years Meg Markkanen worked in the casino industry. As an executive steward, she mana…
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Published: 11/16/09
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- Davy sees challenges for public preschool Published: 11/16/09
- Her days in the job may be numbered, but Education Commissioner Lucille Davy told teachers at the New Jersey Education …
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- Nutritious and delicious: More U.S. schools providing healthy meals
- WILDWOOD - Janet Rainone kept trying.
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Published: 11/06/09
- Teachers convention provides boost to local economy
- They're not big gamblers, and most don't stay overnight.
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Published: 11/05/09
- A grand gesture: Rowan University pays nearly $1 million for All-Steinway distinction
- GLASSBORO - The keys on a piano may be black and white, but when Veda Zuponcic plays a Steinway she hears the big Crayo…
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Published: 11/02/09
Recent Headlines
- Board awards $32 million in contracts for Atlantic County Institute of Technology expansion Published: 10/02/09
- MAYS LANDING - The Atlantic County Vocational School Board of Education has awarded $32 million in con…
- Report: Achievement gap narrows in New Jersey schools Published: 10/02/09
- New Jersey schools are making progress in closing the so-called "achievement gap" between black, Hispanic and low-incom…
- Today's lesson: Preventing spread of swine flu
Published: 09/24/09
- A poster above the sink in the school nurse's office at Middle Township Elementary No. 2 shows a smiling bar of soap wa…
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- Colleges try to help vets re-adjust to civilian life
Published: 09/21/09
- GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Last year, Charles Kern, a three year Army veteran, juggled a 30-hour work week at…
- Textbooks' costs keep stacking up
Published: 09/21/09
- Classes were starting and Kevin Pilieri sat on the floor of the Richard Stockton College bookstore, carefully writing d…
- Teen Center seeks adults to mentor students online Published: 09/21/09
- MAYS LANDING - The Teen Center at Oakcrest High School is looking for 50 adult mentors to match with high school students.
- Explorer Page Download: Judy Blume tackles real issues with her groundbreaking books
Published: 09/06/09
- Welcome to our summer Explorer pages - a 10-week series focusing on New Jersey athletes, performers, scientists and wri…
With downloadable copy of news page
- Teacher contracts slow to develop across southern New Jersey
Published: 09/03/09
- Teachers in the Buena Regional school district would much rather have spent Tuesday getting their classrooms ready.
- Class helps teachers shake fears of first day Published: 08/31/09
- WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - "First Day Jitters" is a picture book about someone who is afraid to go to school.
- School nurses prepare for two kinds of flu this fall
Published: 08/31/09
- The room was quiet Thursday at the nurse's office at Northfield Community School. Students do not return until later th…
- August or not, it's a school day in some towns Published: 08/31/09
- The school buses will begin arriving at 7 a.m. today at Oakcrest and Absegami high schools in Atlantic County.
- Watchdog report: Atlantic City school district's budget for legal fees is highest in New Jersey
Published: 08/29/09
- Last year, the Atlantic City school district spent nearly
With link to related story, spreadsheet comparing legal costs of schools across state
- Summertime and living is less than easy for EOF kids Published: 08/03/09
- GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - They got up at 5 a.m. for roll call and calisthenics. They attended lengthy classes each day in mat…
- School districts take long summer weekends to save money Published: 07/31/09
- If you try to call a school today in Galloway Township, Bridgeton or Millville, don't expect an answer.
- Six school consolidation studies proposed for Ocean County Published: 07/29/09
- The Ocean County Executive Superintendent of Schools has recommended six feasibility studies for potential school distr…
- State set to announce feasibility studies for school consolidations Published: 07/28/09
- TRENTON - The state Department of Education will announce the first group of school consolidation feasibility studies e…
- Colleges mind gap between degrees, careers Published: 07/27/09
- Every Monday at 9 a.m., Bernadette Amato leads a meeting of the Ocean County College Job Seekers Support Group at the c…
- Prospective teachers need to specialize Published: 07/27/09
- Joetta Surace found three great math teachers, hired the handful of elementary school teachers she needed from among lo…
- State gives extra aid for schools an extraordinary boost Published: 07/22/09
- By DIANE D'AMICO
- Extraordinary aid awards, by school district Published: 07/22/09
- It's a farmer's market on grounds of ACHS
Published: 07/21/09
- ATLANTIC CITY - Robert Barrigher put down the small spade he had been using to dig weeds and picked up a tiny green obj…
With photo gallery
- Jobless meet roadblocks in schooling for new jobs Published: 07/20/09
- Edward Crohe did not pay his mortgage for two months so he could pay his tuition at Atlantic Cape Community College.
- New scoring makes 3rd-, 4th-grade tests harder to pass Published: 07/15/09
- TRENTON - The state Department of Education plans to raise the minimum passing scores on state NJASK tests given to thi…
- Stockton, Rowan OK 3% tuition hikes for 2009-10 Published: 07/09/09
- Trustees at Rowan University and Richard Stockton College approved 2009-10 tuition and fees Wednesday.
- Stockton, Rowan approve small tuition hikes for 2009-10 Published: 07/09/09
- Trustees at Rowan University and Richard Stockton College approved 2009-10 tuition and fees Wednesday.
- Deal cancels plan to close 18 regional day schools Published: 07/08/09
- The 18 regional day schools slated to close by the state Department of Children and Families will stay open at least th…
- Economy, new rules put fewer STARS in colleges Published: 07/06/09
- By mid-June 2008, Ocean County College had already registered 200 students in the NJ STARS scholarship program.
- N.J. eliminates 13 non-operating school districts, including Shiloh Published: 07/02/09
- TRENTON - The tiny Shiloh School District officially no longer exists, but its school property taxes will still increase.
- Changes paying off in Atlantic City Middle Township schools Published: 07/02/09
- TRENTON - Atlantic City and Middle Township school districts have been removed from the state Department of Education's…
- Bill clears way to eliminate school districts with no schools Published: 06/30/09
- Non-operating school districts must be eliminated in a way that has the least financial and educational disruptions und…
- Stockton, Atlantic City schools to partner in learning Published: 06/29/09
- Richard Stockton College will partner with Atlantic City schools in the fall on a program to provide hands-on learning …
- Rowan to build medical school at Cooper Health Care Campus Published: 06/27/09
- TRENTON - Rowan University will build a new medical school on the Health Care Campus of Cooper University Hospital in C…
- Stockton makes early plans to use new financing law Published: 06/27/09
- Richard Stockton College is likely to be one of the first in the state to take advantage of a new law allowing colleges…
- Rowan to build school near Camden hospital Published: 06/27/09
- TRENTON - Rowan University will build a new medical school on the Health Care Campus of Cooper University Hospital in C…
- Rowan to build school near Camden hospital Published: 06/27/09
- TRENTON - Rowan University will build a new medical school on the Health Care Campus of Cooper University Hospital in C…
- Stockton makes early plans to use new financing law Published: 06/27/09
- Richard Stockton College is likely to be one of the first in the state to take advantage of a new law allowing colleges…
- Few in N.J. affected by special education tuition ruling Published: 06/24/09
- Few New Jersey students are likely to benefit from Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision that parents may be reimbursed …
- Few in N.J. affected by top court's ruling on special education Published: 06/24/09
- Few New Jersey students are likely to benefit from Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision that parents may be reimbursed …
- N.J. bills bad for taxpayers, school officials say Published: 06/23/09
- The state giveth, and the state taketh away, sometimes at the same time.
- State panel votes to bar school fees for clubs, sports Published: 06/22/09
- TRENTON - A 2006 bill that would prohibit schools from charging students a fee to participate in clubs…
- Making math count Published: 06/22/09
- PLEASANTVILLE - The math wasn't really obvious at the PleasanTech Academy's math fair last week.
- Education in the arts lacking in recession Published: 06/22/09
- The National Report Card on student achievement in music and visual arts was released last week, and in the middle of t…
- Budget caps tuition hikes at 3 percent
Published: 06/16/09
- Last month Richard Stockton College President Herman J. Saatkamp Jr. said tuition at the college would likely rise betw…
- ACIT students create blueprints to success
Published: 06/15/09
- MAYS LANDING - Drew Holmes could not have asked for a better lesson plan.
- Federal testing rules lack element of fairness Published: 06/15/09
- Piera Gravenor sat before the Assembly Education Committee last week and talked about how she was walking down the hall…
- Filmmakers in progress
Published: 06/08/09
- OCEAN CITY - The piping plovers did not take direction well - but at least they showed up.
- Corzine supports national standard for education Published: 06/08/09
- Just a couple of years ago, the notion of national education standards was met with almost universal opposition. State …
- Aid more important than ever in picking college Published: 06/08/09
- Gary Carlson's father is in the hard-hit construction business, so financial aid was definitely a consideration when he…
- Plans to merge school regions raise worries in Atlantic County Published: 06/04/09
- MAYS LANDING — School and city officials from throughout Atlantic County got their first look Wednes…
- 200 parents, one art night
Published: 06/01/09
- BRIGANTINE - Students tuned their violins in a foyer, preparing for a rehearsal of their Japanese song.
