Trenton, NJ – A bill that would allow New Jersey’s public schools to ban or heavily restrict student cell phone use passed ...

Under a state grant program announced in October, 86 New Jersey school districts are receiving a cumulative $980,000 to implement secure storage systems such as lockers, locked pouch systems or ...

Districts getting the grants will use the funding to implement policies banning cellphones and other electronic devices bell-to-bell, which means prohibiting use during the entire school day, for ...

Large-scale government program fraud, like the massive “Feeding Our Future” scandal that shook Minnesota, or the latest child ...

NJ's Interdistrict Public School Choice Program was created to allow students to attend public schools outside their home district. New data shows the program's limited reach.

An aging workforce coupled with an aging population have led the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to project that health care occupations will outpace all other categories in job growth over the next ...

As summer winds down, the 2025-26 school year has arrived. Some North Jersey districts started classes as early as Aug. 25. While first day jitters and back-to-school shopping typically remain the ...

This story about special education classrooms was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Terri Joyce believed ...

The Trump administration, despite denials, aims to implement Project 2025, which includes significant changes to public education funding and curriculum. Project 2025 seeks to cut federal education ...