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  •  SHORTCUT YOUR 'ISSUES and INFORMATION HOMEWORK' - VISIT THE GSCS WEBSITE www.gscschools.org DAILY!
  •  Department of Education Reaches Out for Nominations for 2012 'Exemplary Educators'
  •  November Elections for Schools - Department of Education FAQ's
  •  S1455 Ruiz TEACHNJ Act
  •  2-3-12 Education in the News - Trenton on the move
  •  2-3-12 Trenton Update: Legislative action on Thursday
  •  2-2-12 Education in the News - Test Results...differing perspectives
  •  2-1-12 Assembly Education Committe to Hold Hearing on Charter School Initiatives
  •  2-1-12 Anti-Bullying and Special Education Education Issues in the News
  •  Upcoming - Assembly and Senate Education Committee Agendas
  •  1-31-12 'Christie Open to Ways to Remedy Anti-Bullying Setback'
  •  1-30-12 Education Issues in the News
  •  1-27-12 Breaking News: Council on Local Mandates Issues Anti-Bullying Decision this afternoon - an unfunded mandate
  •  1-26-12 School Districts Sign on to Move Board Elections to November
  •  1-26-12 'Warren County school district challenges N.J. anti-bullying law'
  •  1-25-12 Education and Related Issues in the News
  •  1-24-12 More on Christie's Supreme Court Nominees
  •  1-24-12 Education Issues in the News
  •  1-24-12 Supreme Court Justices Nominated by Governor Christie
  •  1-23-12 Gov. Christie nominates two for state Supreme Court
  •  1-23-12 Trenton Briefs today January 23, 2012
  •  1-23-12 Education Issues in the News
  •  1-20-12 Department of Education approves 8 new charter schools
  •  1-20-12 The Record article updates information on new School Elections Vote law
  •  1-20-12 Education Issues in the News
  •  1-19-12 Education Issues in the News
  •  1-18-12 GSCS ‘Take’ on the School Elections Law
  •  1-18-12 Education & Related Issues in the news
  •  Governor Christie's STATE OF STATE REMARKS delivered Tuesday afternoon, January 17, 2012
  •  1-17-12 New '215th Legislative Session' begins today - Education & Related Issues
  •  1-15 & 16-12 Education Issues in the News
  •  1-13-12 Committee assignments for new 215th Legislative Session signal change and some emerging controversy
  •  1-13-12 Alternative Press-Legislature Votes for Changes to School Board Election Dates and Budget Votes
  •  1-12 to13-12 Urban Hope bill, which targets Camden, Newark, Trenton, signed into law by the Governor
  •  A4394 - November School Elections final bill, as voted on January 9, 2012
  •  1-13-12 Legislature Votes for Changes to School Board Election Dates and Budget Vote
  •  1-12-12 Education Week's Qualiity Counts 2012 Report published
  •  1-12-12 Education Issues in the News
  •  Senate Posts Committee Assignments for 215th Legislative Session
  •  1-11-12 Education & Related Issues in the News
  •  Daily Record - Alex DeCroce, Assembly Minority Leader, dies at Statehouse
  •  1-10-12 In the News - Reflections and Reporting on Education Reform Issues in the Last Legislative Session and the Forthcoming Legislative Session
  •  1-9-12 and 1-10-12 Lame Duck Session Closes
  •  1-9-12 Lame Duck Voting Update: The Senate (Monday before 6 PM )
  •  1-9-12 November School Elections Bill - Information as of this morning
  •  1-9-12 Lame Duck Voting Session today includes Moving School Elections to November bill and Urban Hope Act, among others
  •  1-9-12 Urban Hope Act on Lame Duck agenda today
  •  1-8-12 Charter School Controversy, Suburban Push Back In the News
  •  1-8-12 Governor Christie - Education Reform 2012 and Property Tax Reduction 2011
  •  1-6-12 Education in the News, plus Lame Duck Legislative Action on Education Issues
  •  1-5-12 Education and Related Issues in the News
  •  URBAN HOPE BILL poised for fast track in waning days of Lame Duck - to be heard tomorrow
  •  Education Issues in the News
  •  RALLY TARGETS CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS in Suburbs
  •  Position letter on Charter Schools in Suburbs by Assemblywoman Mila Jasey and Assemblyman John McKeon
  •  Politics and Related Education Issues - 2012
  •  12-21-11 Despite New Guidelines, Anti-Bullying Law Still a Matter for thte Attorneys
  •  12-19-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  Department of Education Requests Names for 'Model Curriculum' Development Work Group.PDF
  •  12-16-11 Breaking News today - Race to the Top lost...Charter School Resisted by parents
  •  12-16-11 November School Elections bill approved by Senate Committee
  •  12-16-11 Correction noted
  •  GSCS Testimony S3148-A4394 November Election Bill
  •  12-15-11 Education News - November Election bill, School Construction in Suburbs
  •  12-14-11 Charter conflict issues delineated...College & Career Readiness hearing
  •  12-13-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  12-12-11 Education Issues - and controversies - in the News
  •  12-9-11 Education November Election bill moves in Committee
  •  12-8-11 Education in the News
  •  12-7-11 Assembly Appropriations to hear A4394 'November School Elections' bill tomorrow, 12-8-11
  •  12-5-11 Education & Related Issues in the News
  •  12-2-11 Lame Duck 'Stuck', Tenure, Teacher Evaluations , Charters & Opportunity Scholarship Act - In the News but not on Trenton's agenda [yet]
  •  12-1-11 'Two Decades On, Opportunity Scholarship Act Remains Moving Target'
  •  11-30-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  11-28-11 In the News - Model Curriculum for low-performing schools, and Dueling Rallies
  •  11-23-11 Courier Post-Washington Bureau - Spending cuts will harm N.J.
  •  11-22-11 Charter School Issues in the News
  •  11-21-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  11-18-11 Education and Related Issues in the News
  •  11-17-11 Education & Related Issues in the News
  •  11-16-11 Governor Chris Christie Announced Today his Education Reform Agenda via the State's NCLB Waiver Application
  •  11-16-11 Tenure, Charters, Vouchers - Lame Duck Session's Big Three
  •  11-14-11 GSCS Executive Director on NY State 'Tax Cap' Panel tonight
  •  11-14-11 More Education News - Virtual Charters, School Reprt Cards, Ravitch Comments
  •  11-14-11 Education in the News - Commissioner Cerf presents at NJEA Convention
  •  11-11-11 In the News- Costly: Virtual Charter Schools, NJEA on Education Reform, Trenton Leadership Analysis
  •  11-10-11 Education and Related Issues in the News
  •  11-9-11 In the News - Nov 8th State & Local Elections
  •  11-9-11 Tenure Reform: More Than Just a Matter of Time
  •  11-8-11 NJEA Releases its Education Reform Proposals Prior to its Convention this Week in Atlantic City
  •  11-7-11 What's Waiting for the Winners in Trenton - Education Reform
  •  RealTimeSurveyPoll - Results from audience survey at GSCS-NJSDC Fall Educ Forum Nov2 at Rutgers
  •  11-7-11 Northjersey.com- The Record - More districts bringing special ed in house
  •  11-4-11 Education In the News - NCLB Waiver filed by Dept of Educ...DOE Special Education Study released
  •  11-3-11 In the News - Pluses and Minuses in Anti-Bullying Law
  •  11-3-11 Education reform on agenda...at GSCS Fall Education Forum Nov 2
  •  November 2, 9-Noon, GSCS & NJ Schools Development Council's 2nd Annual Fall Education Forum at Rutgers' Douglass Campus Center
  •  11-1-11 After 3 Program continues, DOE release on NJ improvement in NAEP scores
  •  10-31-11 Educatio In the News - Merit Pay, State Residency Law
  •  10-28-11 Cerf Assembles Expert Team to Review School Funding
  •  10-27-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  10-26-11 Dept of Education announces College and Career Readiness Task Force
  •  10-25-11 Education & Reated Issues in the News
  •  10-24-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  10-21-11 DOE Chief of Staff, Race to Top Kindergarten tests likely, Bullying program issues
  •  10-20-11 Race to the Top & Charters in the News
  •  10-19-11 More Education News
  •  10-19-11 (Lots of) Education Issues in the News
  •  10-18-11 Education & Related Issues in the News
  •  10-17-11 'Cerf Names Penny MacCormack as Chief Academic Officer'
  •  10-16-11 Education in the News
  •  Dept of Education requests input re waiver for NCLB requirements
  •  10-14-11 In the News - Senate Education Committee Charter School hearing yesterday
  •  10-13-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  Senate Education Committee to hear Charter School Bills Thursday Oct 13th 10 am
  •  10-6-11 Senate Education Committee to meet Oct 13 - Charter schools bills agenda focus
  •  10-6-11 Charters, Norcross on education, school funding - Politicfact
  •  10-4 and 5- 11 Education & Related Issues in the News
  •  10-3-11 Administration's New Message to Charter Schools: Quality not Quantity
  •  9-30-11 Just released: Four New Charter School Approvals announced by Department of Education
  •  9-30-11 Latest Round of Charter School Approvals to be announced this afternoon
  •  9-30-11 Education Issues in recent News
  •  GSCS September Notes
  •  9-29-11More details on rural school funding suit, Charter schools - who reviews applications and Newark 'transparency' contracts
  •  9-28-11 Another school funding suit goes to court...Positives emerging re Facebook funds in Newark
  •  9-26 and 27-11 Spotlight on NJ Recent Education Issues
  •  9-23-11 Mandate reduction re Professional Development 100 hour rule...Christie comments on NJEA relationship
  •  9-21-11 Anti-Bullying complexities, Facebook funds to Teachers, School Construction hearing
  •  9-20-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  9-19-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  9-16-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  9-15-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  9-14-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  9-13-11 In the News - Education Transformation Task Force Report
  •  GSCS Organization 2011-2012 - Calendar, Dues, Trustees and Officers
  •  Education Transformation Task Force Initial Report...45 recommendations for starters
  •  9-9-11 In the News - Charter School Controversy
  •  9-9-11 Commissioner Cerf open letter: Charter School Accountability
  •  9-8-11 Recap: Recent Education Issues in the News
  •  9-12-11 Governor's Press Notice & Fact Sheet re: Education Transformation Task Force Report
  •  9-12-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  8-24-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  8-17-11 Education Issues in Recent News
  •  8-8-11 Education & Related Issues in the News
  •  8-3-11 Teacher Evaluation Pilot Program, School Funding in the News
  •  8-12-11 Charter Suit and Newark's new Sup't Cami Anderson in the News
  •  8-10 and 11-11 NJ Spotlight - Education News
  •  8-2-11 Education & Related Issues In the News
  •  8-1-11 Education Issues in the News - Possible relief in the offing re: the QSAC mandate
  •  7-28-11 Teacher Swapping Quashed, $55M in Federal Funds to go to 9 underperfomring NJ Schools
  •  7-27-11 In the News
  •  7-26-11 Education Issues in the News - Charter policy change may be in the wind
  •  7-21-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  7-19-11 Most New Charter Schools Not ready to Open in September
  •  7-18-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  FY'12 State School Aid District-by-District Listing, per Appropriations Act, released 110712
  •  7-15-11 GSCS Take: Additional State Aid of $150M and State Guidance
  •  7-15-11 Education Issues in the News
  •  7-14-11 State GUIDANCE re: Using Additional State Aid as Property Tax Relief in this FY'12 Budget year.PDF
  •  7-14-11 School Aid Questions Remain, Department of Education being reorganized
  •  7-14-11 DOE Guidance on Local Options for using Additional State School Aid in FY'12 State Budget.PDF
  •  7-13-11 School Aid 'Returns' increased to equal 2% of the 5% cut from school budgets last year - in the News
  •  7-12-11 State Aid Increases in the News
  •  7-12-11 GSCS HEADS UP: STATE AID FIGURES BEING RELEASED TO DISTRICTS TODAY
  •  7-11-11 State Street Wire reports on Senate Override Effort through this afternoon
  •  Governor's Line Item Veto Document 6-30-11
  •  7-7-11 State Street Wire, 3:50 pm - A caucus unified, Senate Dems announce veto overrides
  •  7-7-11 Education Transformation Task Force Hearings Schedule on Mandate Relief for this Monday and Tuesday
  •  7-6-11 Status of FY'12 School Aid today: How and how much additional aid will come to public school students?
  •  7-5-11 Education and Related Issues in the News
  •  7-11-11 In the News
  •  7-1-11 In the News - Budget for FY'12 is done - as expected,Governor 'line item vetos' approx. $900M
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