DAILY CLIPS, 10/10/08

NJSBA BoardBlog

Star-Ledger

• Robbinsville school board member resigns post over homosexual slur
• Town keeps cop at Whippany Park High
• A class tribute to slain athlete

Asbury Park Press

• Asbury school board moves to old Press building
• TOWN BRIEFS (Red Bank Regional)
• Editorial: Buck-passing on diplomas

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Bergen takes unusual role of lender to schools
• Mold the topic at special board meeting
• How green is this garden
• 'It's over,' Tenafly teacher says of First Amendment lawsuit
• Embracing online learning?

Associated Press

• 2 schools turn to Bergen County for loans
• School board member resigns over gay slur

Trenton Times

• Board member quits over slur
• Editorial: Needed school reforms
• Editorial: Now hear this

Philadelphia Inquirer

• W. Phila. students protest police action during brawl

New York Times

• U.S. Failing to Promote Math Skills, Study Finds

Courier Post

• For Cherry Hill East, it's home field at last
• State grants 38 waivers to cap on property tax increases

Atlantic City Press

• Turning on untapped young-voter resource
• Vineland school devotes night to math
• 2 schools turn to Bergen County for loans
• School board member resigns over gay slur

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Workshop on bullying offered
• Rahway pupils plan to send school superintendent to the moon
• RVCC has online packets for students

Jersey Journal

• Some in housing complex: This could be life-changer
• Editorial: A blind eye at N. Bergen High

 New Jersey Herald

• Students prepare for election with mock voting

Gloucester Co. Times

• Changes delay finish to Monroe renovations

Daily Journal

• VINELAND: Math lesson offered to middle school parents

• Milam rescues recess with mulch

• Report: Violence down in schools

• Vineland police charge student with assaulting security guard

Daily Record

• Faulty heating unit spurs evacuation at Boonton H. S.

• Morristown's Peck School to host two open houses

• Jewelry fundraiser set for Rockaway Oct. 14

Trentonian

• Robbinsville school board member resigns over gay slur

The Reporter

• Students return to Watchung Hills - this time to teach

The Warren Reporter

• Warren Hills gears up for athletic facilities project

Greater Media Group

•  Unaccredited degrees at heart of hearing

• School pays tribute to Army lieutenant

• Parents voice concerns at Board of Ed. forum

Princeton Packet Newspapers

• Walking to school gets a boost in West Windsor

• HHS band festival gets big boost from parents

• Manville High band festival returning after 9-year hiatus

• Fifth-grader to compete in pageant

National News

• How do people with autism view themselves? (Arizona Daily Star)
• Justices Hear School District Sex-Harassment Case (Education Week)
• Could Westinghouse become sports science magnet school- (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
• Governor approves school testing pilot program (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Fifth-grader to compete in pageant (Times Picayune)
• Layoffs, trims in education, services coming (Washington Post)

DAILY CLIPS, 10/9/08 

Star-Ledger

• High schools' realignment aims to level playing field
• Gay rights group wants an apology
• Vernon considers drug testing in high school
• District looking at 5 bids for audit
• From tragedy springs oasis
• Renovated field to see its first kickoff
• Peck School offers open houses for parents
• Sussex students get real lesson in electoral process

Asbury Park Press

• Cops: Teen crashes car after nearly hitting bus
• Mock vote pits wolves against chinchillas at Oceanport school
• Recall efforts target board member
• District to discuss bullying policy
• Test scores rise for Berkeley pupils
• Voters will decide on solar plan Dec. 9

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Compromise means delay for local high school "super conferences"
• Dressing down the dress code
• Clifton High cracks down on dress code
• Volunteers on fast track to rebuild playground
• Two Bergen teen filmmakers take honors in competition
• Little Falls may add teacher's aides at School 2
• Reading, writing & walking
• Two Bergen teen filmmakers take honors in competition

Associated Press

• 'Pregnancy pact' school to give out contraceptives
• Report: Minority college attainment up, but stalls

Trenton Times

• Gay rights group wants board member to apologize
• Jazz festival will mark school's anniversary

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Female faculty file complaint against Rutgers
• 7 proposed Philadelphia charter schools in limbo

New York Times

• Police Criticized for Student Arrests

Courier Post

• Camden makes case for better schools
• Camden band invited to inaugural festival

Atlantic City Press

• Egg Harbor Township teacher named 'American Star'
• Students studying Barnegat Bay find tropical visitors
• Students pumpkin up downtown Barnegat

Burlington Co. Times

• Shawnee football team to play on new field
• State OKs charter school for Florence

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Eagles linebacker surprises Bernards teacher with visit to classroom
• Special sale of gently used children's clothing benefits Bridgewater PTO
• Plainfield schools superintendent to hold 'State of the District' talk

Jersey Journal

• On 2nd try, green light for new charter school

New Jersey Herald

• Students gather at Sussex Tech to 'Meet the Candidates'

Today's Sunbeam

• Board addresses random drug testing policy

Daily Journal

• Phillies lessons are home run for class

Daily Record

• Seven teens arrested after 15-person fight outside Dover High
• Hanover to weigh future of police officer at Whippany Park H. S.

National News

• Gay-friendly high school may open here in 2010 (Chicago Sun Times)
• Bill that would force schools to tackle bullying is in jeopardy (Detroit Free Press)
• Judge to rule on school strike (Detroit News)
• Students Are No Longer Surpassing Parents’ Educational Achievement (Diverse Magazine)
• Special Education Overhauled Urged In West Hartford (Hartford Courant)
• Students take a step for safety in surveying their walks to school (Los Angeles Times)
• Sacramento's need for new teachers is set to soar, study finds (Sacramento Bee)
• Food is elementary (The Courier-Journal)
• Easing Toll on Teachers' Wallets (Washington Post)

DAILY CLIPS, 10/8/08

  Star-Ledger

• Junkets are over for tax boards
• Search for schools chief comes down to two
• Energized by a civic exercise

Asbury Park Press

• Monmouth Regional sticks to original charge for school play
• Middletown lets students opt out of rank listing
• Service links up schools, mental health resources
• Wasser apologizes to district over diploma-mill flap
• Students learn dangers of drunken driving
• Catholic school dis-invites Whitman

• Monmouth U. prepares to mark its 75th birthday

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Preschool may come with out-of-reach price tag

• In the spotlight- Wood-Ridge school business administrator

• Sophomore balances school and life

• Board of Education Superintendent resigns

• New Milford superintendent resigns

• Students get perks for doing right thing

• Residue on school field caused by animal waste

Trenton Times

• Tilghman named trustee for Saudi Arabia school

New York Times

• Video Game Helps Math Students Vanquish an Archfiend: Algebra

• A Push to Curb the Casual Use of Ugly Phrases

Courier Post

• Friends students learn about state's 'freshness'

• Medford robbery leads to lockdown of schools

• School funding hearing today in Camden

Atlantic City Press

• Back-to-school fun

• Stockton welcomes largest freshman class

Burlington Co. Times

• British government workers tour Burlington Co. Institute of Technology

• Dress code policy at issue again

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Oratory Prep School announces open house

New Jersey Herald

• Sussex-Wantage school board watched closely after members fail to attend meetings

Today's Sunbeam

• Bullying program held in Quinton

Daily Journal

• Developer will pay for Millville school's wall

• School inducts 16 to honor society

Daily Record

• 3 teens arrested in fight over iPod

• Editorial: A taxing situation

Express-Times

• Hackettstown teacher injured breaking up student fight

• OPINION: School district's interest rate swaps are risky business

National News

• Using Demographics in Your School Construction Plan (American School Board Journal)

• Will Renovations Work for Your School Buildings? (American School Board Journal)

• Green Schools Teach Green Lessons (American School Board Journal)

• Teacher who sued Howard schools is put on leave (Baltimore Sun)

• Schools scramble to help students with no place to live (Boston Globe)

• Asian Americans SAT Stars? (Asian Week)

• 4,600 ask for tutoring (Cincinnati Enquirer)

• Proposal to Standardize High School GPAs in Texas Stirs Controversy (Dallas Morning News)

• Teachers using new strategies to help teens boost reading skills (Detroit Free Press)

• California boarding schools? It's not an oxymoron (Los Angeles Times)

• Burmaster won’t seek third term (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

• Cuts loom but educrats boom (New York Daily News)

• Oregon school ratings fall, fewer exemplary (The Oregonian)

• Non-state kindergartens on tough road (VietNamNet Bridge)

DAILY CLIPS, 10/7/08

Star-Ledger

• Reaping the rewards of giving

• Princeton Twp. Catholic school un-invites pro-choice Whitman

• Alumnus tells Tyson students: 'Go for it'

• Students who relish course work

• Rutgers to get new applicants' grades online

• Microsoft gives college students a glimpse of future technology

Asbury Park Press

• School district to call parents when cops grill children

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• School board member indicted on theft charges

• Football field still closed, water tests pending

• Sophomore balances school and life

• Private schools

Associated Press

• Former Gov. Whitman uninvited from school forum

Trenton Times

• Catholic school un-invites Whitman

• Naked person arrested at school

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Phila. schools chief hires 14 staffers

New York Times

• A Dead Language That’s Very Much Alive

Courier Post

• Chef offers lesson to sink teeth into

Atlantic City Press

• Ground broken for high school in Egg Harbor City

• Millville school board, developer reach settlement on cost of fence

• Former Gov. Whitman uninvited from school forum

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Editorial; No more bonuses for bogus degrees

• Essay, poetry contest deadline approaches

• Branchburg school board seeks firm to perform financial audit

• Bridgewater-Raritan High School band gets 'major-league' honor

• Bernardsville school goes green with eco-friendly athletic center

• Learn basics of financial aid

• Art teacher recognized by Artsonia

• New Web site launched at Polytech

Gloucester Co. Times

• Clayton holding Parent Fair

• Enrollment numbers ahead of projections

• Officials discuss Breakneck Road safety

• School Spirit Week becomes fundraiser for babies

Bridgeton News

• Vineland charter school approved

Trentonian

• Cops: Man barges into school gym gets naked - and calls himself God

• School forum un-invites former Gov. Christie Whitman

National News

• Clayton Superintendent Keeps His Job (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

• With 1 in 166 children having autism, parents are scared (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

• Dallas ISD to Lay Off Non-Contract Workers on Oct. 15 (Dallas Morning News)

• Teachers Stay Out; Talks Go On (Detroit News)

• Aid for Schools Included in Financial-Rescue Bill (Education Week)

• Kennedy Faults Bush Justice Dept. (Education Week)

• N.J.'s Top Court Wrestles Anew With Funding Issue (Education Week)

• Districts had some warnings about risky investments, documents show (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

• Nemours aims to give dyslexic preschoolers a bright start (Orlando Sentinel)

• Pittsburgh Public Schools school enrollment falling fast (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

• Charter schools far outshine public in AYP (Salt Lake Tribune)

DAILY CLIPS, 10/4 - 10/6/08

Star-Ledger

• County's towns exploring ABCs of all-day kindergarten

• State approves opening of six new charter schools

• Jersey City school gets a little TLC

• Growing teachers, bringing them home

• Sobering punishment for Roxbury students

• Sussex and Wantage plan discussion on possible merger

• Learning the hard way

• Former teacher gets probation in sex relationship, texting case

• Exec sentenced to prison for over billing taxpayers

• Princeton U. saw jump in on-campus alcohol violations in '07

• Rutgers plans to have applicants self-report high school grades

Asbury Park Press

• Colts Neck school board will meet to discuss employees' contracts

• Area pupils find out that life's on a beach

• Point Beach schools to implement new alcohol-free policy

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Students unite to bring history back into reach

• Teachers without pacts in 4 districts

• Board picks ex-VP to fill vacated seat

• Ciocia selected as Teacher of the Week

• Passaic High grad touts school in TV ad

• Coming Tuesday

• Honor-system admissions

• Helping freshmen to grow beyond their comfort zone

• Tight job market benefits colleges

• What do rankings really say about a college?

• Novel ideas luring teens to colleges

Associated Press

• Despite costs, healthy school lunches on the menu

• RI schools required to teach about dating violence

• 4 Nevada teens arrested after dress code violation

Trenton Times

• Possible closures, mergers for schools

• State rejects charter proposals

• School musical

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Charter schools Ok'd for Florence, Winslow

• New Chester Upland school weaves arts into lessons

New York Times

• Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers

• Bill Would Further Anti-Drug Efforts

• Mayor’s Push for a 3rd Term Clouds Debate Over School Control

Courier Post

• An education of East at West

• Camden school to get new trees

• Students improve character with long charity walk

• Cherry Hill lists required reading

• Principal shares love of books with students

• Schools locked down during hunt for suspect

• State approves charter schools in Winslow, Florence

Atlantic City Press

• Schools' stock market games reap profit from economic crisis

• Former education company CEO going to prison

• They can't vote, but they can learn

• Children's allergies a slippery, chewy, nutty slope for schools

Burlington Co. Times

• Seneca earns top honors in band contest

• Teen author teaches youth the value of self confidence

• Pemberton Twp. school plan may not be legal

• Never too young to vote

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• New classroom technology energizes Bound Brook teachers, students

• New Web site launched at Polytech

• Students perform at Disney World

• School supply confusion angers South Plainfield parents

• Editorial: Rutgers' plan: Spend more on administration

Jersey Journal

• H. S. coach, in pretrial intervention, back on job

• After-school 'gang' chaos & stabbing

• Bump, set, spike in Bayonne today

• Board: Demo bank, station; make way for learning center

• Jersey City gets new charter school

New Jersey Herald

• Kiddie Academy fosters safety

Gloucester Co. Times

• WT manhunt puts schools in lockdown

• Vote importance pushed on educators

• WT teacher plans fundraiser for soldiers' kids

• An E. Greenwich man is teaching a unique course

• Running community college means free ride

Today's Sunbeam

• Music therapy aiding students

Bridgeton News

• Eligible students urged to vote

• Maurice River rolls out the red carpet for top students

• Music therapy aiding students

Daily Journal

• Vineland charter school approved

• Barse principal to be honored

Daily Record

• Children's author delights kids at Wharton elementary school

• Flamingos of a feather, fifth-graders stick together in Rockaway Twp.

• FDU program gives tips on teaching sciences, math

• In Morris Plains, students tackle difficult issues in a 'game of life'

Express-Times

• Warren County Superintendent Kevin Brennan ready for changes in N.J. system

National News

• Sex laws are 'unfair to teachers' (BBC)

• English test saga not over in Lowell (Boston Globe)

• Schools' Drug Sweep Still Reverberates (Hartford Courant)

• California Science Center targets teaching kids about drugs (Los Angeles Daily News)

• Students Feeling Economy's Crunch (Seattle Times)

• Merit Pay Could Ruin Teacher Teamwork (Washington Post)

DAILY CLIPS, 10/3/08

NJSBA BoardBlog

• Are Board Members to blame when they build the “temples to the gods?”

Star-Ledger

• State asks school chiefs to verify degrees

• E. Orange to discuss fate of an old school

• 'Freedom Riders' get living lesson

• School still shut for site cleanup

• Rutgers adds sports-spending sentinel

• UMDNJ hires an ethics officer to develop and enforce policies

Asbury Park Press

• "Color Purple" had some Keyport school board members seeing red

• Editorial: ...Speaking of givebacks

• Ocean County Vo-Tech offers prep class for electrical license exam

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Parents, don’t be scared to give kid’s teacher a call

• Paterson preschool shut over toxic chemical in air

• What one college is doing to stop underage drinking

• Financial officer hired for Rutgers

• University hires ethics officer in wake of scandal

Associated Press

• Preschool closed after tests find toxic material

• War vet earns high school diploma — 40 years late

• Boy's death in school bathroom attributed to game

Trenton Times

• Senate panel advances two bills

• Schools fill gap in library services

• Immigrant sentenced in student sex crime

• Rutgers adds sports-spending sentinel

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Panel backs ban on fake degrees

• S. Jersey students work to raise Darfur awareness

• Phila. students voice concerns on teacher pact

Courier Post

• LEAP Academy to add facility for preschool

• Senate panel tackles educators' degrees

• Editorial: Camden charter school needs qualified faculty

• Tradition is rich for Collingswood High's football team

Atlantic City Press

• Senate panel cracks down on diploma-mill degrees for educators

•  Editorial: Modest Pension Reforms/Cool the union outrage

• German exchange students arrive at Vineland High School

• Preschool closed after tests find toxic material

• Atlantic Cape Community College campuses post record enrollment, online growth

Burlington Co. Times

• Bands compete at Lenape High

Courier News

• Towns, schools benefit from grants

• Public invited to Lincoln School

• Interactive teaching brings iPods into the classroom

• Somerset Hills schools to implement five-year strategic plan

• South River students participate in national reading program

• New wave at Milltown School- ocean education

Jersey Journal

• St. Joseph's School for Blind takes new name

New Jersey Herald

• Lawmakers OK bill to end bogus degrees

Gloucester Co. Times

• Washington Twp. High School to host spirit parade

Daily Journal

• VINELAND: 8 schools win grants to continue long list of student activities

• VINELAND: Sabater School to throw big party

• Smile: Vineland school pics may be back

• Landis students use poetry to bolster troops

• NEW JERSEY: Scandal-plagued school hires ethics officer

Express-Times

• Alpha school board meeting to discuss former library aide Betty Hammerstone

Princeton Packet Newspapers

• NJSBA seeks input on next superintendent from Valley residents

• Hillsborough High School ensemble tapped for national competition

• Class of 2011 members plan fundraising events

• Schools fixing fire violations

• A performance in the key of 'B-sharp'

• District expected to decide soon on permanent high school leader

• Contractor's suit against school district settled for $400,000

• Montgomery students launch 'Cell Phones for Soldiers' drive

• WW-P school board names Rider finance professor to vacant seat

• Princeton, Mercer officials celebrate safety work at school

National News

• 29 suspended for hoodies in classroom (Akron Beacon-Journal)

• Charter high school kicks off KIPP Austin's expansion plans (Austin American-Statesman)

• Duxbury's new program for 'gifted' children puts parents in uproar (Boston Globe)

• Primary school axes spelling tests because they are too 'distressing' for pupils (Daily Mail, UK)

• Bring back the cane in schools, say one in five teachers (Daily Mail, UK)

• Hang it up in class? (Deseret News)

• Connecticut Scales Back Education Reforms (Hartford Courant)

• Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants shortcut past school laws (Los Angeles Daily -News)

• New Orleans charter campaign expected to spread (Times Picayune)

• Banned Books, Chapter 2 (Washington Post)

• D.C. Teachers Left Behind (Washington Post)

DAILY CLIPS, 10/2/08

Star-Ledger

• Voters OK fix for athletic facilities

• So boys can see how to be men

• Vandals burn tarp at school's field

• Their marching orders

• Boonton priest joins school teaching staff

Asbury Park Press

• Editorial: Good sense takes holiday

• Wasser invitation revoked

• Red Bank Primary School works to develop grounds

• Inspired by brother, racer spreads word about autism

• Welcoming the challenge

• School bus involved in crash in Lakewood; no injuries reported

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Secret to success, not just in school: Fail a little

• Montclair State paper savors freedom

Trenton Times

• Furor raised over derogatory remark

• A top grade for first-grade teacher

• Parents: We didn't know about lead in schools

New York Times

• Bank Limits Fund Access by Colleges, Inciting Fears

Courier Post

• Opinion: Don't take back funds for tutoring programs

Atlantic City Press

• Editorial:  Local Government and Economy/Start cutting now

• For many kids, school's out for Phillies playoff game

• Linwood reconsiders how to care for recreation fields

New Jersey Herald

• Hackettstown school student arrested on marijuana charges

• State Farm sues in 2006 school bus crash

• Byram school will let kids structure their own education

Today's Sunbeam

• Vote defers school repairs

Bridgeton News

• Student News

Daily Journal

• Vineland school initiative panned

• Contest shows kids the value of good food safety habits

• Milanesi students honor cancer victim

National News

• Changes costly for districts (Bucks Co. Courier Times)

• Rochester School District looks to standardize discipline (Democrat and Chronicle)

• Classes for GED offered on cable (Des Moines Register)

• Popular class-size limit may be sidelined by economy (Orlando Sentinel)

• Disabled students unfairly punished- (Palm Beach Post)

• Texas preschool classrooms get state certification (San Antonio Express-News)

• To close gap, make teaching practices more engaging (SouthCoastToday.com)

• Traditional textbooks waning in importance (SouthCoastToday.com)

• New Orleans charter campaign expected to spread (Times-Picayune)

• In Most School Districts, the Doctor Is in Charge, but Some Question Degree (Washington Post)

• Parents Say Math Course Data Don't Compute (Washington Post)

DAILY CLIPS, 10/1/08

NJSBA BoardBlog

• The Future May Be Here Sooner than We Think

Star-Ledger

• Pared benefits package still carries hefty price

• Voters OK top school spending requests

• Teachers say study of meltdown is opening teens' eyes across N.J.

• County educating public on MRSA

• State rejects Hillside school board's suit

• One door opens as another closes at summer schools for gifted teens

Asbury Park Press

• Voters approve HVAC system for Shore Regional

• Both questions are defeated by voters in Wall district

• New superintendent enjoying her big leap

• Henry Hudson Regional seniors selling raffle tickets

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Residents cast votes on school projects

• Transition for Korean students made much easier

• Local researcher cracks 70-year-old mystery

• Mystery solved, historic papers return to owner

• Junior year's exams will test our patience

• Governor's School grads can attend Drew free

• Drew University offering free tuition program

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Election spin goes to school

• Annette John-Hall: A sisterly hand renews all hope

Courier Post

• Parents angry at operation of charter school

Atlantic City Press

• Students go to the polls in Pleasantville

• Ellison School head embraces challenge of operating district

• Tech lab lets students try out different careers

Jersey Journal

• Workshops for parents in Bayonne

Gloucester Co. Times

• Editorial: Newfield and Buena school districts severing relationship

• School workers OK contracts

• Clayton hosting district Parent Fair on October 7

• Many Rowan crimes down in 2007-08

Today's Sunbeam

• Pennsville voters reject school plans

• Alloway woman named CCC official

Daily Record

• Pequannock OKs $12.9M for school upgrades; Mixed results in Butler

• Do it yourself in Randolph

• Drew offers free tuition to Governor's School grads

Express-Times

• Warren Hills Regional voters approve $5.5 million borrowing for athletic complex

National News

• 28% of AZ schools are short of US standards (Arizona Daily Star)

• Handling of accused students draws fire (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

• Gene link to poor reading skills (BBC)

• Memphis, Shelby County schools seek to control funding (Courier-Journal)

• Audit Gives DPS Failing Grade (Detroit News)

• Washington school closures recommended by audit; changes could save $54M (Seattle Times)

DAILY CLIPS, 9/30/08

Star-Ledger

• Pension reforms are signed into law

• As Wall Street smoke clears, Corzine expects more budget cuts

• Leaping the language barrier

• Teacher admits fondling student

Asbury Park Press

• Corzine: Must prepare for additional budget cuts

• Pension bill signed into law

• Wall voters to decide fate of $43M school referendum

• Vote to fund solar panels for school put off until Dec. 9

• Pleas for peace on earth, scrawled across pinwheels

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Junior year's exams will test our patience

• Teacher of the Week: David Crum

Associated Press

• Backers want to expand bus learning program

• Calif. laws crack down on sex-offender teachers

• Ex-teacher in Neb. gets 6 years in sex case

Trenton Times

• Board OKs pay increase for school superintendent BY JOYCE J. PERSICO

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Strike puts students in class on holy days

New York Times

• N.Y.U. Names the Leader of Its Abu Dhabi Campus

• Spurning Secularism, Many French Muslims Find Haven in Catholic Schools

Courier Post

• Moorestown officials lock down two schools

Atlantic City Press

• Changes in the future for NJ STARS program

• Linwood's Seaview honored as Blue Ribbon School

• Cape May police investigate minor school-bus accident

Burlington Co. Times

• Teacher hailed for ability to connect with students

New Jersey Herald

• Former music teacher becomes superintendent of Andover schools

Bridgeton News

• Hitchner is Downe acting administrator

Daily Journal

• Vineland schools to offer picture-day alternatives

National News

• Colleges calling sleep a success prerequisite (Boston Globe)

• Dallas school district cuts 160 central staff positions, lays off 63 workers (Dallas Morning News)

• Absences in Early Grades Tied to Learning Lags (Education Week)

• Low-Price Laptops Tested at New York City Schools (New York Sun)

• 80 percent of Utah schools make the grade (Salt Lake Tribune)

• Boys do better when they are taught by men, study finds (The Independent, UK)

DAILY CLIPS, 9/27 - 9/29/08

Star-Ledger

• Editorial: Test the school formula

• More research needed on student drug testing

• State clears Sparta board in 'mystery fund'

• Judge dismisses suit by Sparta's ex-school chief against rivals

• MKA students salute their century-old traditions

• Mom pleads guilty in $140K school-group theft

• The science of teaching for the real world

• Preparing preschoolers for life

Asbury Park Press

• School additions to be put before voters in Wall

• Brick parents upset about school buses

• United Way gives backpacks to children

• School honors life of education legend

• Editorial: Preschool plan needs time out

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Teachers trade extra minutes for more pay

• School projects go to voters

• Avoiding the 'Freshman 15'

• Youth vote finds empowerment

• Rigorous program greets top freshman

• Focus on student's needs, not the college's prestige

Associated Press

• Corzine signing bill to cut public worker benefits

• Urban school superintendents hard to hang onto

Trenton Times

• School board begrudgingly passes policies

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Classes are presidents' privilege

• Merit pay dispute brewing among Temple faculty

• M. L. King football player dies of MRSA

New York Times

• Study of Standardized Admissions Tests Is Big Draw at College Conference

• An F School? Depends on How It’s Judged

Courier Post

• Few use tutor programs

• Iraq war, school aid top issues at 3rd District debate

• Flea market at school to benefit animal groups

Atlantic City Press

• New Jersey loses freshmen but eventually gains college grads

• Club seeks to unite Galloway high school's diverse population

• Involvement from day one

• Changes in the future for NJ STARS

Burlington Co. Times

• School dress code back on agenda in Burlington City

• Burlington City goes back in time

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• North Brunswick board of ed expected to name new business administrator

• Perth Amboy schools fashion new policy, require kids to wear uniforms

• New principal in Perth Amboy sees blessing in kids' faces

• Manville touts safe crossings in program for children

• Early Childhood Learning Center of Westfield Public Schools opens

• Fellowship takes Old Bridge teacher back to Japan

• Raji Memorial Scholarship Fund aids students

Gloucester Co. Times

• Newfield, Buena districts may sever pact

• Clayton senior's story wins award

• WT BOE offers new podcasts

• At Glassboro school, buckets full of miracles

• Flight of the Monarch at Sewell School

• Davis officially takes GCC helm

Today's Sun

• Public has questions about Pennsville school plan

Daily Journal

• School family 125 years strong »

Daily Record

• Firm may help find schools chief

• Butler, Pequannock to weigh school referendums

• School News

• More Morris schools teaching Chinese language

• Jefferson group is the 'STAR' of athletic fundraising

• Oh Shea, can you see, and hear, Montville teen sing the anthem

Express-Times

• Warren Hills voters ge