DAILY CLIPS, 2/6 - 2/8/10

NJSBA BoardBlog

• What Skills Should the Commissioner of Education Have?

WABC-TV

• NJ high court: Search of student's car was legal

Star-Ledger

• N.J. Gov. Christie, lawmakers propose sweeping pension, health care changes for public employees
• N.J. Gov. Christie transition reports find problems with buyout program
• School leaders around N.J. wait and worry over state aid figures
• Editorial: Aiming at N.J. authorities: Hold state agencies accountable
• Gov. Chris Christie's cabinet nominees face hearings
• Contract talks to continue as fears of impasse loom for Cranford Education Association
• Editorial: Sex ed that works: Fine tuning abstinence message
• Two small fires set inside Shabazz High School in Newark
• State Police honor Irvington football players recovering from injuries
• Power restored at Mountain Lakes elementary school
• Editorial: Approve student loan reform- Democrats need to stand firm against pressure from lobbyists
• County College of Morris in Randolph planning major capital improvements

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Editorial: Tightening our belts
• Muti Op-Ed: A proposal for Governor Christie and the state’s educators
• Kelly Op-Ed: What should schools do in cases of ‘sexting’?
• Fort Lee schools administrator gets offer to lead Hoboken district
• New Bergen Tech board member replaces former president
• What recession-?53 'entrepreneurs' set up shop at RAS
• Alexis Goebel, a family and consumer sciences teacher at Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, discusses the program.
• Passaic Valley High School hopes policy will decrease brain injuries in athletes

Associated Press

• Christie plans budget speech
• NJ teacher arrested in cash-for-grades scheme

Trenton Times

• Op-Ed: Boards, commissions under scrutiny

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Opinion: N.J. school boards group gives Christie ideas an A
• Haddonfield Schools hit with another 24/7" suit
• Pa. bill would expand overhaul of schools
• Web not yet the answer to college-text costs
• Third Swarthmore official joins global venture
• Rutgers attempts to defend title in recycling contest
• Bucks principal won't be charged in serious accident
• Whistle-blower suit filed in charter probe

New York Times

• For Students at Risk, Early College Proves a Draw
• A Federal Effort to Push Junk Food Out of Schools
• With Federal Stimulus Money Gone, Many Schools Face Budget Gaps
• Pass the Squishy
• The New Math on Campus

Courier Post

• Editorial: Young must be accountable
• Comedy hypnotist to be at fundraiser
• Howell teacher admits cash-for-grades scam
• N.J. colleges try to solve fiscal woes

Atlantic City Press

• Counting those snow days
• 'It's alive!' Sophomores build robots to compete
• ACIT engineers pitch proposal for veterans memorial
• Eleanor Melton was Mom to many, teacher and tutor
• Oakcrest senior appalled by poverty she saw while in Haiti

Burlington Co. Times

• Like brother, like brother
• Bang for their buck

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Woodbridge school budget cuts may test board's allegiance to union workers
• Franklin students learn what school was like in the 1700s
• Edison football star's family raising awareness of heart condition that claimed his life
• Lawmaker, families of 2 Middlesex County students who died from sudden cardiac arrest talk possible legislation
• Community still grieves over South Brunswick basketball player who collapsed, died during game
• Somerset Medical Center look to cardiac research study to help determine risks for student-athletes
• Middlesex County coaches OK proposal to dedicate time with teams for cardiovascular disease awareness
• Gala keeps alive mission of fund honoring Warren cheerleader who died of sudden cardiac arrest
• Plainfield vocal teacher showcased at Grammys, Super Bowl
• Unlike the pros, cardiac screening not required for New Jersey student-athletes

Gloucester Co. Times

• New Jersey 'report cards' for schools come out this week
• Franklin Township schools consider reconfiguration, full-day kindergarten
• Washington Township students take part in Super Bowl Sunday charity tradition
• Harrison Township schools collect for 'Hearts for Haiti'
• Franklin Township students tip their hats to Haiti relief

News of Cumberland Co.

• Information available for Cumberland County Board of Education applicants
• Vineland High School students take county, headed to mock trial championships

Daily Journal

• Editorial: School officials have to put the students first
• Snow days not fun for school districts
• Millville students raise funds for Haiti
• Making case for Catholic schools

Daily Record

• Some school leaders get big perks, despite reforms
• Consultants help H. S. athletes find scholarships
• Bone marrow drive being held for student at Pequannock school
• $5,000 to transform outdoor space at Hopatcong High School
• New GI Bill brings more veterans to some colleges in Morris

Express-Times

• Change is in the air for North Warren Regional Partners in Education

Princeton Packet Newspapers

• EDITORIAL: Candidates needed for school boards
• HIGHTSTOWN: Students Choosing to help Ryan
• HILLSBOROUGH: Hillsborough Education Foundation grants launch class programs, school upgrades
• HILLSBOROUGH: Despite concerns, curriculum rewriting gets unanimous OK
• LAWRENCE: Schools miss NCLB markers
• MANVILLE: Schools trying student clubs as way to improve NCLB test scores
• PLUMSTED: School chief says NCLB scores misleading
• PRINCETON: HS orchestra to perform in China
• ROBBINSVILLE: District's big debut seen by very few

National News

• School Board goes beyond paper in looking for new superintendent (Alaska Daily News)
• State’s payroll sees more paid $100,000-plus (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
• Charter school community stunned by danger of closing (Baltimore Sun)
• School systems close to running out of snow days (Baltimore Sun)
• Find great teachers and let them teach (Boston Globe)
• Worker: School banned Spanish (Charlotte Observer)
• N. Texas voters face array of elections (Dallas Morning News)
• Students dread transition out of Beverly Hills Unified (Los Angeles Times)
• Palm Beach County students gear up for writing FCAT on Tuesday (Palm Beach  Post)
• Program for at-risk students earns accreditation (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
• New district promises tailor-made education for all (Salt Lake Tribune)
• S.F. schools consider costly gay support program (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Sen. Paull Shin backs putting ads on school buses to raise money for districts (Seattle Times)
• Moving on as superintendent because the test scores are too high- (The Oregonian)
• St. Tammany public schools closing early Tuesday due to New Orleans Saints parade (Times-Picayune)
• Mother's Age a Factor in Autism Risk (Wall Street Journal)

DAILY CLIPS, 2/5/10

Star-Ledger

• Warren Township superintendent to lead Millburn schools
• Black History Month- Newark project honors influential city educator James Baxter
• St. Patrick boys basketball team facing expulsion from state tournament for holding illegal practices
• Edison teen is charged with stealing car from Edison High School, breaking into home
• Students put in a day's work in Somerset County
• Learning from B-R bomb plot- Branchburg schools shop for notification system
• Cranford schools on high alert after attempted luring
• H1N1 restrictions limiting students' exposure to health care professionals
• Editorial: Autism and vaccines- Bogus study hurts research
• Column: The state supreme court needs an education in education

Asbury Park Press

• After resignation, BOE seeks new member
• Ocean County Skills USA competition rescheduled due to forecast
• All-star chorus concert at Red Bank Regional to be in tune with times
• Catholic high school in Middletown to host art show
• Slain teen's coach has mission: Keep kids out of harm's way

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Bergenfield teachers protest expired contract
• Montvale schools study outsourcing custodial work
• Bugsy takes the stage
• Cliffside Park students become goodwill ambassadors
• Celebrating Thomas Paine
• Police search for North End School burglars
• Clifton schools approve two academies for high school

New Jersey Newsroom.com

• New Jersey’s state budget deficit could reach $11 billion

Trenton Times

• Security officers go back to school
• Editorial: Lighten up

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Christie plans speech to lawmakers on budget deficit
• Christie advisers call for tough new school rules

New York Times

• Lobbying Imperils Overhaul of Student Loans

Courier Post

• Camden school is target of protesters
• Camden elementary school branches out with farming class

Atlantic City Press

• Seniors may take over Egg Harbor City middle school
• Vineland trying to get damaged high school track fixed
• Stockton, Montclair improve minority graduation rates

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Class act
• Perth Amboy High School raises money for children's hospital
• Teen volunteers needed at Zimmerli
• Editorial: Change aid plan to treat school districts more equally

Jersey Journal

• West New York school kids raise $20,000 for Haiti relief efforts

Today's Sunbeam

• Salem County school board vote info now available

News of Cumberland Co.

• CCTEC program gives free dental care today
• Where do you put new high school?

Daily Journal

• Banks announces assistant super pick

Daily Record

• Mountain Lakes football coach to retire after 44 seasons, 328 victories
• More public schools in Morris opening tuition-based preschools

Express-Times

• OPINION: Asbestos exposure at Bethlehem school was a top-to-bottom breakdown

Trentonian

• Supt.: School cops must be trained to search female students
• Sliced guard recounts girls' fight that left him bloody
• Lofton calls for better security practices WITH VIDEO

National News

• He drives for miles before Garrett's school buses roll (Baltimore Sun)
• Board to vote on redistricting or busing (Bucks Co. Courier-Times)
• Study Finds Wide Achievement Gaps for Top Students (Education Week)
• Teachers resist increasing pressure to accept pay cuts (Las Vegas Sun)
• Fairfax requests $24 million more for schools (Washington Post)

DAILY CLIPS, 2/4/10

Star-Ledger

• N.J. Supreme Court rules schools can search cars of students
• Former N.J. schools construction employee may have violated conflict of interest rule
• NJ may revive proposal to extend life of school buses
• Pa. court ruling will guide N.J. school officials in monitoring racy text messages
• Livingston superintendent is staying after all
• Tewksbury school board rejects state offer to settle dispute over superintendent contract
• Old Bridge middle schools students get chance to learn Mandarin Chinese
• Parsippany to begin concussion tests for athletes at second high school
• Franklin senior citizens reach out to students through intergenerational programs
• Somerset Vo-Tech board wrestles with awarding contract to administrator's spouse
• Watchung School District is crafting a new three-year technology plan
• St. Agnes school in Clark may stay open after all
• Plainfield vocal teacher and Union resident to sing at Super Bowl
• Crimson Fire, featuring Hackettstown High School student, excels during national band competition

Asbury Park Press

• After resignation, Holmdel BOE seeks new member
• Pinelands teacher accused of sending sexual texts to students
• Opinion: School construction shenanigans

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• The Record Editorial: (School administrators should deal strongly)
• Editorial: Northern Valley's Highs and Lows for January
• Martin Op-Ed: Leaving an imperfect program behind
• Sombrero nation
• Kid's Bingo Night!
• Focus on Fitness
• Puppet program aims to help students make better choices
• Oakland’s Valley students win Future City title
• Millburn Middle School peer leaders to hold Empty Bowls fundraising event
• Teaneck students, staff raise $10,000 for Haiti relief
• Millburn's family math program begins
• Dictionary Day
• Gamers will step into the 'Retro Lounge' for prom fund-raiser
• Team 555 unveils new robot
• Making progress on new projects
• Two school boards oppose state law regarding out-of-state students
• Schools wary of life under Gov. Christie
• Residents shoot down two-part referendum
• Montclair wants changes in state school aid formula
• Making ideas a reality
• Congressman pushes bill to help parents pay for kids' tutoring
• District works to bring together special and general education students
• Attorney: Embattled Bergen Tech super Aloia 'a committed public servant'
• Prospect Park sets up classroom trailers after fire damages school

Associated Press

• NJ high court: Search of student's car was legal

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Winslow schools may have to reinstate supervisor
• Christie advisers call for tough new school rules
• Other Phila. schools handle racial, ethnic tensions
• Study finds high school choice 'an illusion'

New York Times

• Yale, With $150 Million Deficit, Plans Staff and Research Cuts

Courier Post

• State finds bias in firing
• Early dismissal set in Camden on Friday
• Burlington County expands autism program

Atlantic City Press

• State Supreme Court backs Egg Harbor Township school official's search of student's car
• More on school legal costs
• Special 'Rudy' award created for Pinelands' Bobby Keeney
• Pinelands Regional High School teacher arrested on child endangerment and luring charges
• Barnegat High teacher has court date on charges of sexually harassing student

Burlington Co. Times

• Grant will help safeguard autistic children

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Woodbridge school district talks budget cuts as unions wait on sidelines
• Bright Beginnings Preschool to feature open house

New Jersey Herald

• School search policy upheld
• Franklin principal a true visionary
• A model for sharing in schools

Gloucester Co. Times

• New Jersey high court widens student search
• Deptford students learn jobs from the shadows'
• State: Monroe woman's dismissal may be violation
• Woodbury High School fire deemed suspicious
• National Park students celebrate DARE graduation
• Washington Township PTO to host Student Talent Show
• Glassboro students vie for top dog in character ed program
• Deptford Township High School presents spring musical
• Member of Franklin Township school's choir selected for chorus
• Drama Club of Franklin Township school provides 'Birthday in a Bag' for Emmanuel Cancer Foundation

Daily Journal

• Vineland picks football coach finalist
• Program gives Millville students creative outlet
• Vineland board aims to find faster fix for high school track
• Teacher secures IRS donation of 40 computers to Mennies Elementary

Daily Record

• Mountain Lakes school district settles with family over ex-basketball player's ban
• Mendham Twp. schools hire new business administrator

Express-Times

• Tewksbury school board rejects state offer to settle dispute over superintendent contract

Trentonian

• Autistic kids saved before school bus melts

Recorder Newspapers

• Big Bernards Township school budget gap shrunk
• Chatham school board vice president resigns
• Extra-curriculars in Denville school budget ��“ so far
• Califon school budget likely to increase
• Bomb threat closes North Hunterdon
• Madison third graders glimpse daily life for disabled
• Mount Olive educator returns to African roots
• ‘Job Shadowing’ program coming to Mount Olive school
• Lincoln School nurse honored by association in Caldwell
• Utility’s education grant is Randolph teacher’s third since 2005
• Verona school budget on second draft; principals to give periodic updates
• Rowe will run again for Madison school board
• Through winter chill, Adult School looks ahead to spring term
• Madison third grader's question sparks 'Hearts for Haiti' effort

National News

• Special needs scholarship could extend vouchers to others (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
• Teacher morale scores plunge at majority of DISD schools, survey finds (Dallas Morning News)
• Seattle School Board OKs contract for new Cleveland science-tech program (Seattle Times)
• Schools felt pushed into new program (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Study- Charter schools more segregated (Washington Post)

DAILY CLIPS, 2/3/10

Star-Ledger

• N.J. residents take concerns, solutions to lawmakers at town hall Statehouse hearings
• Study linking autism, vaccines is retracted by British medical journal
• Delaware Valley High teachers rally for contract
• Chatham to study ‘traffic jam’ at Milton, Lafayette schools
• Warren Township Board of Education considers solar panels for schools
• Budget downsizing expected in Branchburg schools
• Watchung School District considers to flush or not to flush
• Pequannock district asked to fund freshman soccer team
• Watchung's Valley View School's Outreach Club reaches out to help Haitians
• Old Bridge school board can't remove member accused of luring a child
• Mountain Lakes pays $50K to settle suit by former basketball standout barred from team
• Union High School fist fight leads to hospitalization, arrest
• Four men charged with scamming $2.1M from Bernards School District
• Ex-Somerset school construction manager is accused of embezzling $2.1M from Bernards school district

Asbury Park Press

• 4 Shore men charged with bilking district of more than $2 million
• Stafford proposes parking limits with eye toward school bus safety
• Commentary: Clashes over Bibles in school playing out in three states
• N.J. mom intends to sue over 'pantsing'

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• The Record Editorial: Fat cat
• Ahearn Op-Ed: Welcome changes in drug-free school zone law
• Damage from weekend fire shuts school indefinitely
• Hasbrouck Heights mother to sue school over 'pantsing' incident
• New Milford teacher aids effort to build Holocaust memorial
• Bergen officials outraged by Vo-tech abuses
• Pupils raise money in coins
• Woodmont clubs band together to raise money for Haiti
• Water analysis study to get a boost thanks to James Mille
• Regional District announces candidacy information
• Nominations are being sought
• Helping kids stay drug free
• Denville K-8 BOE Meetings

Associated Press

• Officials: $2M bilked from NJ school district

Trenton Times

• New Jersey's red ink stains local schools' budget plans

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Charter school's ex-board chief reports to prison

New York Times

• Quick Response to Study of Abstinence Education

Atlantic City Press

• Watching legal costs
• Teens face drug charges after alleged assault on teacher
• Pinelands Regional High School teacher arrested on child endangerment and luring charges

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• UPDATE: Woodbridge school board eyes massive layoffs, program cuts, privatization
• Perth Amboy school needs community help to gain Pepsi grant for laptops
• UPDATE: 4 suspects in Bernards school district theft have first court appearance

New Jersey Herald

• Vernon High hosts choral program
• Snow delays school day, possible storm Friday

Gloucester Co. Times

• Our Lady of Hope students adjust to merger
• Autism, vaccine link retracted
• Camden County College students to offer dental care

News of Cumberland Co.

• Art program allows self-expression
• Emptying piggy banks for Haiti
• Millville schools host Eureka!

Daily Journal

• Good deeds earn students awards
• Cat in Hat drops in for story time
• Column: When the Bible goes to school, the tug of war begins

Princeton Packet Newspapers

• CENTRAL JERSEY: Upper Freehold Regional eyes big tax hike, state waiver
• CENTRAL JERSEY: Ex-student's sex harassment suit results in $64,000 payment from Peddie
• HILLSBOROUGH: Board paring new budget past the fat
• MANVILLE: Residents meeting with superintendent over a few cups of joe
• MILLSTONE: School district sees tax hike, cuts in workforce
• MILLSTONE: Tentative contract on table for teachers
• MONROE: Girl, 14, assaulted on school bus
• NORTH HANOVER: District scores earn 'high-performing' status from state
• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Charter school raises concerns
• WEST WINDSOR: WW-P school board to vote on field lights
• Multiple school board seats to be filled in April
• EDITORIAL: State should pay full cost of charter schools

National News

• Baltimore Co. schools official is reassigned (Baltimore Sun)
• Elgin parents, students to fight elective class cuts (Chicago Tribune)
• First black member of Richardson school board won't seek re-election (Dallas Morning News)
• Test results in for Maine’s students (Kennebec Journal)
• Bangor Area superintendent sets retirement (Morning Call)
• Mars Area may offer new foreign language program (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• City school officials question new state graduation exams (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Schools adapt lessons to seize on New Orleans Saints' success (Times Picayune)
• New charter schools apply to open in D.C. (Washington Post)

DAILY CLIPS, 2/2/10

NJ101.5

• Jersey High Schools Considering a Later Start to Classes

Star-Ledger

• U.S. Rep. Pascrell announces bill to make after-school tutoring more affordable
• Essex officials tout plan to merge three vo-tech schools at Newark site
• Chatham police want to talk to man who approached girl
• N.J. Senate committee backs stimulus bill extending tax incentives to businesses, developers

Asbury Park Press

• Manalapan students learn about Vincent Van Gogh
• Smart boards, teddy bears both play roles at Toms River parochial school
• Experiment takes aim at Fragile X syndrome, a genetic learning disorder

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Obama administration aims to overhaul No Child Left Behind
• State report blasts Bergen vo-tech practices, will go to AG
• Interim super says he's to blame for not notifying state, county authorities in East Rutherford text messaging case
• The Record Editorial:  Call the police
• Tenafly's top educators named tops in the state
• A wasteful class: There’s no such thing
• New approach to teen abstinence getting results
• Spotlight: Carlstadt 50-year teacher honored
• Passaic Police searching for 16-year-old girl who disappeared 11 days ago
• Police searching Bergen Catholic after bomb threat found on bathroom wall

Associated Press

• New plea for man accused of school abuse in Haiti
• Abstinence Education Can Encourage Kids to Delay Sex, Study Says (Washington)

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Parents implore district:
• Phila. teachers jittery over school-overhaul plans
•  Stop tinkering, fix schools
• Big screen and bigger ideas

New York Times

• Administration Outlines Proposed Changes to ‘No Child’ Law

Courier Post

• Charles E. Brimm, Camden M.D., dies

Atlantic City Press

• Southern Regional volleyball coach responds to video of him hitting girl with ball
• Let the cuts begin

Burlington Co. Times

• Hero going old school
• Kindergarten registration set in Riverside

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Spanish dance, culture on display for South River students

Gloucester Co. Times

• Editorial: Mixed signals on N.J. schools
• Mantua Township school hosts jump rope event to raise awareness of Long QT Syndrome

Today's Sunbeam

• Alloway school prepares new way to learn

Daily Journal

• Wallace School honors black writers

Express-Times

• Bangor, Bethlehem school districts are struggling with tough decisions due to budget concerns
• Early draft of Constitution found in Philadelphia; N.Y. teacher makes students wrestle in class - AM news links

National News

• Walgreens near Stonewall Jackson Elementary will have to put away the booze (Dallas Morning Daily News)
• Public hears options for Perry Township school cuts (Indianapolis Star)
• AX TO FALL HARD ON AUGUSTA (Kennebec Journal)
• 'Bleak and disastrous' (Kennebec Journal)
• Crazy-quilt democracy in action in Tuesday vote on L.A. Unified school reform (Los Angeles Times)
• Voucher schools' graduation rates top MPS in study (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
• Penn Hills teachers to strike Thursday (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Buttars: Ax high school bus, 12th grade (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Bay-Waveland schools are awarded $7 million in Katrina arbitration (Sun Herald)
• Algiers Charter Schools Association urged to award incentive bonuses to counselors, other support staff (Times-Picayune)
• Anne Frank diary restored in Va. school district (Washington Post)

DAILY CLIPS, 1/30 - 2/1/10

Star-Ledger

• Funding problem cancels two 'Governor's School' sessions
• Old Bridge school board member is charged with trying to lure child
• Mount Olive committee to suggest instructional changes
• Franklin Township officials urge witnesses to homecoming melee to speak up
• Two Delaware Township School students inspire peers to help Haiti
• Raritan Township pulls cop from Hunterdon Central campus
• Teens learn what police work in Roselle is all about
• Warren County Freeholders honor Hackettstown Regional Medical Center for Warren Tech partnership
• Sorority suspends Rutgers chapter after hazing arrests
• Raritan Valley Community College board welcomes new member
• Jon Corzine is in talks to teach at Rutgers University, spokesperson says

Asbury Park Press

• Opinion: Teachers out more than students
• Monmouth County students' compete in art competition
• BCC awards author, philanthropist with honorary degree

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Corzine's Executive Order would be good news for private schools
• Glen Rock schools close to final deal with teachers
• School chief retiring
• North Jersey schools try to encourage healthy eating.
• East Rutherford principal criticized in text messaging case
• Trustees' focus is turned to bullying
• Health-care solutions for special needs children
• In Wayne, a lesson that, disabled or not, all kids are just kids
• New twist in tech districts' finances
• Prospect Park school cancels classes after fire
• The quasi classroom that is summer camp
• A stand against hate
• Scholarship tied to knowing your hometown government
• Rainbow Montessori schools has openings
• Window of boro Indian returned to school
• Unorthodox fundraiser helps to raise $1155.19 to American Red Cross
• Paterson school's windows may pose hazard, officials say

Associated Press

• Ex-NJ high school teacher arrested on sex charge

Trenton Times

• Trenton drafts security update after high school fights
• Those old school ties
• Op-Ed: Trenton's failing schools: how they can be fixed

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Big screen and bigger ideas
• Phila. teachers jittery over school-overhaul plans
• A bumper year for applications to top colleges
• District changes to address violence at Audenried
• Fans, foes- Status report due on stimulus jobs
• Tracing ancient roots of Penn Museum's gold

New York Times

• Obama to Seek Sweeping Change in ‘No Child’ Law
• Type-A-Plus Students Chafe at Grade Deflation
• Back to School, as an Adjunct
• A Survey of Youth Sports Finds Winning Isn’t the Only Thing
• As City’s Charter Schools Expand, State Remains Deadlocked on Future Growth

Courier Post

• Furry pal a doggone good listener
• Black History Month used as teaching tool
• Camden team invests well
• Jail time nurtured passion for alternative education

Atlantic City Press

• Christie moves forward with charter school plans
• State data collection improving
• Community makes final push for Pinelands High School senior's bid for Rudy Award
• Healthy babies start at home- Case workers teach young couples parenting basics

Burlington Co. Times

• Medford high school sophomore is going to school in Russia
• Charter school gets state approval

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Green Brook registering children for kindergarten at Feldkirchner
• UPDATE: Old Bridge school board member charged with attempting to lure child
• Old Bridge schools updated planetarium takes students to the stars
• Editorial: Plainfield school leaders should realize secrecy hurts

Jersey Journal

• Student, 11, charged with pushing teacher in Jersey City

Gloucester Co. Times

• Editorial: Mixed signals on N.J. schools
• Gloucester County districts: Surplus penalty will hurt
• School contest teaches goals of getting along
• Woolwich students see hospital fund raising pay off
• Gloucester County schools bloom at flower show
• Ex-pro wrestler returns to ring to pin autism
• Caution, praise from New Jersey educators for student loan plan

Today's Sunbeam

• Christie reviewing school surplus changes
• School district seeks official
• Residents, Woodstown-Pilesgrove BOE voice opinions on random drug testing policy
• Two governor's schools canceled for lack of funds
• Salem County students collect funds, items for quake victims
• Student loan proposal well-received in New Jersey

News of Cumberland Co.

• 34 Millville Senior High School students certified in CPR

Daily Journal

• Banks' top priorities: Vacancies, VHS setup
• Vineland schools lose longtime labor negotiator
• Petway students stick their necks out for ill children
• Vineland superintendent to be guest on radio show

Daily Record

• Do disabled students' test scores measure progress?

Express-Times

• Tuesday's school referendum failures, including Washington Borough and Knowlton Township, buck 2009's statewide approval trend
• Condensed school budget schedule, grim state aid numbers make for painful budget year
• ELECTION UNCERTAINTY
• Greenwich Township School District hopes to make facility improvements with grants
• Two Delaware Township School students inspire peers to help Haiti
• Hearty Help for Haiti soup sale at Frelinghuysen School benefits earthquake victims

Trentonian

• P B &J for TASK

National News

• Kill high school exit exam, critics tell committee (Alaska Daily News)
• CMS job fair out, teacher auditions in (Charlotte Observer)
• Core Knowledge to Link Curriculum to Core Standards (Education Week)
• Too crowded to get to the top (Las Vegas Sun)
• Dinwiddie school officials make budget suggestions (Richmond Times Dispatch)
• NJ’s Belluscio, 5-State Team Earn Shannon Awards (School Board News)
• Furloughs hurt military's view of Hawaii schools (Star Bulletin)

DAILY CLIPS, 1/29/10

NJSBA BoardBlog

• Looking to Cut the State’s Budget? Follow the Money

Star-Ledger

• Raritan Twp. plans to remove police officer from Hunterdon Central High
• Monroe schools superintendent reassures parents after alleged sexual assault on bus
• Bomb threats at Haddonfield schools were used as diversion for local TD Bank heist, police say
• Woodbridge day care evacuated
• Essex County College announces Edythe Abdullah as new president

Asbury Park Press

• Henry Hudson school board member takes oath
• Matawan-Aberdeen hosts open house
• Marlboro district OKs contract for teachers, staff
• Loch Arbour residents get no relief from school taxes
• Security concerns threaten Neptune basketball program
• Glee club to sing at Head Start fundraiser in Manasquan
• Brick ex-teacher didn't fight charges
• Berkeley superintendent job draws 8 candidates

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Editorial: Words hurt more than sticks and stones
• River Edge, Oradell search for superintendents
• Park Ridge special election scheduled for March 9
• Public input sought as Park Ridge searches for a new superintendent of schools
• After defeat, school board outlines budget process
• School board accepting nominations
• The school budget blues
• GIVING BACK
• Operation Thank You a major success
• Cliffside Park wears hats for Haiti
• Getting their game faces on
• Terrific trees
• New math program for K-4
• WWMS performs "Bugsy Malone"
• Exploring Teaneck using 'milk' made map
• Monet's traveling exhibit
• Leonia and Cresskill teams raise funds for Haiti
• Film shows how words can hurt
• School district will track alumni progress
• Schwarz named Commended Student
• Bogota students learn on the road
• Ridgewood students learning at an 'advanced' level
• Berkeley donates three scoreboards to PV
• High school students lending a hand to Haiti

Trenton Times

• Montgomery faces school budget challenges
• Officials pitch school projects
• Parents criticize 'Mott to Dunn' plan

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Commission hears of violence in many city schools

New York Times

• Commission hears of violence in many city schools
• As Aftershocks Continue, Haiti Ponders Rebuilding
• At Leo High, a Gathering and a Mission
• Preschools Add Brush-and-Spit to Day

Courier Post

• Answers wanted on Camden absences
• First Christie veto kills extra funds for Burlco school

Atlantic City Press

• Report gives N.J. a D+ for teacher oversight
• Wildwood Catholic community develops plan to save school
• Editorial:  University Hall/Smart program

Burlington Co. Times

• Kindergarten registration set
• Living the dream

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Write on!
• Black History Month programs focus on success stories
• Writing contest open to deaf students
• City sues school board over pile of dirt in Perth Amboy
• 'Zoo on Wheels' visits Sayreville school

Jersey Journal

• North Bergen high school's Haiti benefit show to feature professional artists

New Jersey Herald

• Kittatinny wins mock trial event

Gloucester Co. Times

• Altamuro seeking seat on Washington Township Board of Education
• Washington Township names elementary education supervisor
• East Greenwich Township school student wins poster contest
• Winter at Whitehall

Today's Sunbeam

• Parents in Pennsville Township protest school shake-up

Express-Times

• Raritan Twp. plans to remove police officer from Hunterdon Central High

The Retrospect

• Collingswood BOE Fiscal Straits, Contracts At Odds
• Audubon Applying for School Choice Program
• Heights Board Expected to OK Interim Sup’t Choice
• Twp. School Budget Awaits Aid Numbers

National News

• Md. gets poor mark in teacher regulations (Baltimore Sun)
• State says schools can make up time with longer days (Des Moines Register)
• IPS dress-code protest fizzles (Indianapolis Star)
• Cleveland schools spent $18 million on buildings that are to close (Plain Dealer)
• Official raises legal question about School Board candidate (Rutland Herald)
• Vacancy on Board of Education will be filled by election, trustees decide (Sacramento Bee)
• Fixing our failing schools (San Francisco Chronicle)
• TN tells high schools how to teach the Bible (The Tennessean)
• Va. school pulls version of Anne Frank diary (Washington Post)

DAILY CLIPS, 1/28/10

Star-Ledger

• Crowded classrooms still the issue in Edison schools
• Orange to furlough city employees
• Somerset County to spend $500K for solar power
• Parents raise money for new track for Westfield elementary school
• 20th-anniversary class of fifth-graders from Old York and Stony Brook schools graduate from Branchburg D.A.R.E. program
• Madison High Schools kids are off to Drew U.
• Rutgers sorority members are accused of beating pledges during hazing

Asbury Park Press

• N.J. voters hostile to school construction projects
• Editorial: No appetite for spending
• Editorial: Race issues should be faced
• The Item Editorial:  Leadership wanted
• Freehold Twp. pupils "Hopping for Haiti'
• Toms River High School East dedicates lecture hall to Joe Monti
• Central Regional PTA to hold cooking class fundraiser

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• New hope for e-publishers
• Fairview
• Bergen Academies boast Intel finalist
• Rutherford, Lyndhurst schools put on early warning status list
• Wallington board OKs emergency repairs at junior-senior high school
• Christie nominates health department commissioner, school construction chief
• Superintendent enthused by his new job
• District seeks 'true remediation'
• City high school fares poorly on state tests
• Planning for the future
• Weston teacher award nominations sought
• BHS, BMS testing reaches milestone
• Preschool begins registration
• PJ day
• Teaneck students wear color of hope
• A picture perfect gift
• 'Tasty' fund-raiser will help students get to Boston
• High school students lending a hand to Haiti

New Jersey Newsroom.com

• Christie issues his first veto; change order would have granted millions more for addition to high school

Trenton Times

• Montgomery schools grapple with new budget

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Christie names 2 more to cabinet
• Christie makes example of over budget school project
• N.J. voters deny 7 of 9 school-construction questions
• 14 Phila. schools eligible for improvement program

New York Times

• Schools’ Supporters Fear They Weren’t Heard
• Investment Losses Cause Steep Dip in University Endowments, Study Finds
• Mayor Says Teachers Must Take Smaller Raise in Next Contract or 2,500 Jobs Will Be Cut

Courier Post

• 2 named for health, school construction jobs
• Head injuries get attention from states
• Cherry Hill budget offers tough choices
• Holes: In fashion or infraction?

Atlantic City Press

• Voters approve new roof, solar panels for Cumberland Regional High School
• Cracking down on construction costs
• Higher tax rate, fewer jobs in proposed county budget
• Atlantic Cape Community College plans solar carports to trim energy bill

Burlington Co. Times

• Christie vetoes high school's expansion
• Willingboro moves forward with referendum
• Tales to tell
• Kindergarten Round-Up set

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Petitions available for North Brunswick resident interested in running for school board
• Plainfield schools administrator's assault claim to return to court
• Hillsborough High School to participate in winter guard competition

New Jersey Herald

• High Point may try referendum again
• New Sparta program will allow parents to monitor schoolwork online

Gloucester Co. Times

• Glassboro principal to retire, still work for kids
• Gen. Charles C. Harker School is Swedesboro visited by seeing-eye K-9s
• Woodbury fifth-grader rallies school for Haiti quake aid
• Washington Township educator receives grant
• Students of Monroe Township school receive visitor
• Monroe Township school students receive dictionaries
• Distinguished scholars named at Franklin Twp., Glassboro, Woodbury schools

News of Cumberland Co.

• Cumberland Reg. HS in full bloom

Express-Times

• Snow causing havoc in Hunterdon; schools closed, many auto accidents
• Warren County Community College seeks high school writers for writing contests
• Warren County Community College sets sights on $7.3M Phillipsburg campus

Trentonian

• Angry parents: Don’t switch kids to other school
• Girls’ knife fight could put heavier police presence in school
• Hamilton prelim school budget- $183.8M

National News

• Norwell faces threat of teacher layoffs (Boston Globe)
• Obama to Seek Up to $4 Billion Boost for Education (Education Week)
• Abandoned school project west of Boca Raton cost county $1.3 million (Palm Beach Post)
• Montour considers closing high school during construction (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Acquitted teacher awaits word on reinstatement (San Diego Union-Tribune)

DAILY CLIPS, 1/27/10

Star-Ledger

• Edison voters reject school renovation plans
• Washington Borough, Knowlton Township voters reject $14 million school repair referendums
• Millburn schools select finalist to become next superintendent
• Denville school district hoping to fund extracurricular programs next year
• No explosives found after students, staff evacuate North Hunterdon High School - UPDATE
• North Hunterdon High School is evacuated due to 'bomb threat in building'
• Bomb threat forces lockdown at North Hunterdon High School
• Clinton Twp. Police- no bomb at North Hunterdon High School
• Former student at Peddie School in Hightstown is awarded $64K in sexual harassment lawsuit
• Former Morristown teacher's aide is indicted on sexual assault charges
• Edison High janitor accused of drug charges is found dead
• Trenton Central High School security guard stabbed while trying to stop student fight

Asbury Park Press

• Marlboro school board OKs hard-fought teacher contract
• Principal: Fewer pupils tested positive for drugs and alcohol
• Kids' writer inspires kids
• Teens charged with sexually assaulting girl on school bus in Monroe

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Wood-Ridge voters say no to school expansions
• The Record Editorial: Guarding the guards
• Paul Op-Ed: Unfair swipes at New Jersey’s teachers
• Fair Lawn School District dealing with cyberbullying
• Building character and learning to be safe
• Wallington Junior-Senior High School has an Academic Hall of Fame for alumni.
• State issues its schools’ report
• Mine Hills and Wharton districts receive instruction grants for language arts
• Fort Lee considers outsourcing some school services
• Students doing the math to save lives
• Students testing their math skills while raising funds for hospital
• Dollars for disaster- students reach out to children of Haiti

Trenton Times

• Charter school approved
• Trenton Central High School security guard stabbed while trying to stop student fight

Philadelphia Inquirer

• N.J. high schools study community-service requirement
• N.J. student told to take case to education chief
• Ex-substitute teacher pleads guilty to sexual assault of student
• Activist group sees flaws in teachers' contract
• Drexel to create 250 scholarships for low-income city graduates

New York Times

• Large High Schools in the City Are Taking Hard Falls
• After Long Decline, Teenage Pregnancy Rate Rises
• Boos and Personal Attacks as City Panel Prepares to Vote on School Closings
• Colleges Market Easy, No-Fee Sell to Applicants

Courier Post

• Pennsauken voters reject school proposal
• Judge rules against Haddonfield student

Atlantic City Press

• School officials praise their handling of Egg Harbor Township High School lockdown
• Pleasantville school board, monitor dispute fiscal progress

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Plainfield schools chief's future unclear
• Two Monroe teens charged with sexually assaulting girl on school bus
• North Hunterdon High School evacuated after bomb threat

New Jersey Herald

• Montague voters OK project for new elementary school roof
• How the five High Point districts voted
• Voters turn down $13M High Point referendum
• Lawsuit filed over Hardyston school roof

Gloucester Co. Times

• Wenonah students hear first-person Holocaust account
• Wind-ripped roof could be costly to Washington Township
• Galante OKs parent forum on Bishop Guilfoyle Regional Catholic School closing
• Glassboro senior citizens get exercise in walkthrough' of elementary school
• Woodbury's West End School has some "Terrific Kids"
• West Deptford High School student interns at NBC 10
• Kindergarten registration set in Mantua Township, S. Harrison

Today's Sunbeam

• Bishop to meet with parents over future of Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic School

News of Cumberland Co.

• Ewan back on BOE; cheap smart boards
• Millville BOE wants your input on super
• BHS stadium can't be saved

Daily Journal

• Union opposes grant sought by Millville schools
• Students perform 'Poetry Out Loud'

Daily Record

• Madison High School students can take computer course at Drew
• Ex-Morristown teacher's aide indicted on charges of sex with student
• Cops: Woman who crashed at Sparta High School charged with DWI

Express-Times

• Washington Borough, Knowlton Township voters reject $14 million school repair referendums
• No explosives found after students, staff evacuate North Hunterdon High School - UPDATE
• Northeast Middle School teacher charged with harassment for allegedly slapping student

Trentonian

• Girl slashes guard in Trenton High melee

Princeton Packet Newspapers

• BURLINGTON COUNTY: Schools grapple with benchmarks
• CENTRAL JERSEY- All East Windsor Reg. SD schools fail to meet NCLB mark
• CENTRAL JERSEY: Five area schools miss No Child Left Behind targets
• ROBBINSVILLE: School district schedules informational meetings on upcoming referendum
• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: South Brunswick HS club plans history celebration

National News

• Getting Support from Employers for School Leaders (American School Board Journal)
• North Little Rock district’s hiring called into question (Arkansas Democrat)
• High school students delve into the art and science of taxidermy (Bangor Daily News)
• Vote is unanimous to close Springfield charter school (Boston Globe)
• This time, NAACP chief credits CPS (Cincinnati Enquirer)
• Teacher-Dismissal Powers Found to Affect Absences (Education Week)
• Is writing on the wall for reading proposal? (Indianapolis Star)
• L.A. groups bid to run 30 schools (Los Angeles Times)
• New chief for MPS means changes (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
• AIDS- Young people learn it's smart to take the test (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• City principals surveyed on staffing, other issues (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Teachers nix cost-cutting furlough (Rutland Herald)
• Twin Rivers board to weigh consolidating some schools (Sacramento Bee)
• Utah Legislature- Education panel backs increased background checks (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Task force examines discipline at schools (The News Journal, DE)
• Obama announcing billions more for schools (Washington Post)

DAILY CLIPS, 1/26/10

NJ101.5

• School Elections to Decide Millions in Construction

Star-Ledger

• Gov. Christie transition report recommends tougher N.J. rules for teacher tenure    
• Edison residents set to vote on school referendum; mayor gives state of the township
• East Hanover school officials nix proposal for cell tower
• Lakewood coaching job the perfect opportunity for football-starved Warren Wolf
• Newark encourages mentoring in effort to lower juvenile crime rate
• Former Gov. Jim Florio to appear at education benefit in Chatham Township
• Princeton University will raise undergraduate tuition by 3.3 percent

 Asbury Park Press

• N.J. districts vying for cut of $4B in federal school funds
• Discovery period extended in Keansburg superintendent case
• Freehold Regional district OKs raise for bus drivers
• Administrators push back school start time in Chatham so students can get more sleep  
• Business as usual for Keyport pupils
• Stafford school collecting items for animal shelters
• Pinelands football player in running for Rudy Award

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• The Record Editorial:  Dire straits, bold ideas
• Ramsey information session for kindergarten parents this Wednesday
• Schools in three districts let out because of power failures
• Teens who expect privacy at home, school must earn it

Associated Press

• NJ school starting later so students can sleep

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Steering driver's ed back into schools
• Winslow charter school faces scrutiny

Atlantic City Press

• Alternative education program on Pleasantville school board's agenda tonight
• Little Egg Harbor to add $1.5M. in school renovations
• New York Avenue school turns classrooms into universities
• Police say there was no intruder in Egg Harbor Township High School lockdown
• Pinching pennies at Princeton

Burlington Co. Times

• Teacher admits she had sex with student

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Special Plainfield schools meeting Monday generates more questions than answers
• Bernards school officials worry about next year's budget
• Green Brook school fundraiser brings in more than $1K for Haiti relief

Jersey Journal

• Tonight, Hoboken residents can see 2 who hope to lead schools as superintendent

New Jersey Herald

• Newton students prepare for robot tournament

Gloucester Co. Times

• Students collect for soldiers

Today's Sunbeam

• Pittsgrove Middle students have knowledge tested in Geography contest

News of Cumberland Co.

• Public hearing set on new Millville High School site
• Public opinion sought on Millville superintendent
• GLOBETROTTER VISITS LOCAL SCHOOLS

Daily Record

• Chatham H. S. students can get extra sleep starting today
• Denville schools aim to save extra-extracurriculars by keeping them in budget
• Community College of Morris hikes tuition 5 percent

National News

• Alonso plan would give Baltimore middle-school students school choice (Baltimore Sun)
• Denver high school wood shops buck trend of shelving industrial-arts classes   13 (Denver Post)
• Girls May Learn Math Anxiety From Female Teachers (Education Week)
• Legislature reconsiders consolidation (Kennebec Journal)
• Governor seeks budget hike for Florida's public schools (Miami Herald)
• Recovery School District's books are in better shape, but still flawed, audit finds (Times-Picayune)
• Rhee's office explains abuse comments (Washington Post)

DAILY CLIPS, 1/23 - 1/25/10

NJSBA BoardBlog

• Is This the Year of the Big Man?

Star-Ledger

• Column: N.J. Senate President Steve Sweeney is other top dog in Trenton

  Column: The Auditor:; Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno's date night; Gov. Chris Christie's mulligan; Senate President Steve Sweeney's $6,000 party

• Facing deficit, Parsippany considers outsourcing
• Parents again push for varsity bowling at North Hunterdon and Voorhees
• Morris County government efficiency group seeks to cut costs through fundamental changes
• Love of jazz sends Millburn teen drummer to Grammy Week
• N.J. high school referees use pink whistles to battle breast cancer
• Hillsborough students put a piece of home in packages for troops overseas
• Branchburg teens raise funds for Haiti relief and to combat malaria
• Parents rally for fight to save St. Agnes school
• Easton man arrested for allegedly selling heroin near Washington school
• geriatrician Dr. Frank Gilly joins Warren County Community College Board of Trustees

Asbury Park Press

• Teachers miss school more than students, newspaper investigation shows
• Loch Arbour awaits court decision on tax increase
• Warren Wolf poised to return to field
• Students offer hand to Haitian earthquake victims
• Jackson Liberty High School briefly evacuated because of smoke
• Brookdale tuition to rise 3% July 1, about $130 a year

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Editorial: Me first
• Teacher pay targeted by N.J. Gov. Chris Christie's administration
• New Maywood superintendent speaks about the district.
• Paterson schools chief has big plans
• Students support Haiti relief fund
• Bloustein scholars announced
• Road Warrior: Bergen film targets the 'nice' teens who drive drunk

Trenton Times

• Op-Ed: Support parental choice in education is our civil right

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Last Salem County Catholic school to close
• Both sides praise new Phila. teacher contract
• Plaudits for Phila. teachers contract
• Getting city raises in tough times

New York Times

• After 10 Years, Federal Money for Technology in Education
• Hungry for New Content, Google Tries to Grow Its Own in Africa

Courier Post

• Editorial: Education pick signals reform
• Pennsauken hopes to get OK for school bond
• Teachers miss school more than students

Atlantic City Press

• Editorial:  School lockdowns/Notify parents quickly
• Cumberland Regional puts $10 million project up for vote
• Mullica OKs raises for five school administrators
• Vineland parents can access kids’ grades online
• Revised Race to the Top list
• Sea Isle pays half million to family of girl allegedly kept out of school Christmas play for being black
• 12 teachers at Sacred Heart, Holy Spirit could lose jobs to Wildwood Catholic teachers
• County college students come to expect annual tuition jumps

Burlington Co. Times

• Ending a relationship

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Three vacancies to fill on Warren Board of Education
• Franklin kids will green–eggs–and–ham it up with 'Seussical the Musical'
• Camden teachers absent from school more than their students

Jersey Journal

• 11 High Tech High seniors made Bloustein Scholars, given $1,000 a year for college
• Christie Administration report recommend cutbacks, closings, freezes
• High school chefs and food managers compete in contest at Hudson County Community College's Culinary Arts Institute
• Bayonne High principal says no incidents in days since 3 arrests

Gloucester Co. Times

• Washington Township boy sees successes with autism battle
• Washington Township Education Foundation prepares for golf benefit
• Washington Township High School prepares for technology night in Feb.
• Washington Township sets pre-registration date for kindergarten
• Friends School Mullica Hill in Harrison Township names new Head of School
• Aura School safety patrol members announced

Today's Sunbeam

• Salem County vo-tech students start annual salon

News of Cumberland Co.

• New solar roof for cup of coffee
• Night on Broadway fuels Gabriel Project

Daily Journal

• Students learn ropes of CSI at Millville High
• Students strive to be great debaters

Daily Record

• CAKE CAPER: Frelinghuysen students learn police work is like solving puzzles
• Morris Plains woman's essay could win school $50,000
• Neighbors fight Chatham Day School expansion plan
• Editorial: Schools are the biggest 'gorilla'

Express-Times

• OPINION: Start school budgets at no-tax-hike level
• Parents again push for varsity bowling at North Hunterdon and Voorhees
• Learning in a technological world at Hope Township School
• Easton man arrested for allegedly selling heroin near Washington school
• OPINION: Support college expansion, business incubator in Phillipsburg

National News

• State board to vote on new charter schools (Arizona Republic)
• Miffed by regional plan, Norfolk school superintendent decides to step down (Boston Globe)
• CMS board holds off assignment changes (Charlotte Observer)
• As Texas teachers sell their lesson plans online, should districts get a cut? (Dallas Morning News)
• Bill aims to raise Maine graduation rate (Kennebec Journal)
• School district gets heat for banning dictionary over 'oral sex' definition. What you think? (Los Angeles Times)
• New MPS head won't wade into mayoral control debate (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
• Teachers learn to make handwriting less of a drag (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Cleveland High plan for magnet school draws interest, but is there enough money? (Seattle Times)

DAILY CLIPS, 1/22/2010

Star-Ledger

• Gov. Chris Christie, former Gov. Jon Corzine dispute about N.J. budget
• South Orange-Maplewood schools brace for tough budget year
• How many people are homeless in Hunterdon County?
• Madison students learn the mysteries of bread baking
• Somerset Vo-Tech students get soup-to-nuts training
• Bergen County students learn about sister-school in Haiti where more than 200 died
• Melee at Franklin High School dance leads to indictments against five people
• Spring Lake Heights mother supports witnesses at trial of Belmar coach accused of sexual misconduct
• County College of Morris tuition set to rise nearly 5 percent

Asbury Park Press

• N.J. teacher suffers setback in dispute over sexually explicit e-mails

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• The Record Editorial: Parting gifts
• Cell phone policy will be ‘reasonable’
• Tasks on target for JT2015
• High school falls short, according to DOE report
• Teens discuss health care bill
• Kindergarten registration is set
• Cliffside geography bee winners
• Ridgefield Park students to test their cooking skills.
• Students raise funds for school in Africa

New Jersey Newsroom.com

• N.J. Assemblyman Malone wants Legislature to confront $1.2 billion shortfall in current state budget

Trenton Times

• Robbinsville HS basketball game receipts to help former player

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Pennsauken voting again on funds for new school
• Editorial: Getting rid of bad apples
• Philadelphia teachers approve new contract
• Former city schools chief disputes criticism

Courier Post

• Camden board approves 7 goals for city schools

Atlantic City Press

• Arrest made in Egg Harbor Township High School bomb threat
• Teachers and party politics

Burlington Co. Times

• Referendum postponed
• Few takers for federal funding plan
• Work in fundraising earns honors for teacher
• All the right moves
• Free computers available

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Butterfly garden to be built in memory of former student
• Franklin man part of musical trio for children

Jersey Journal

• 3 Bayonne High students charged in brutal attack on 2 men after school
• Bayonne High School instrumental concert is tonight at 7

New Jersey Herald

• Sussex County Charter School begins $5.2 million project

Gloucester Co. Times

• Franklin Township BOE appoints member
• Washington Township High School Changing Our World (COW) Project to host hoagie sale

Today's Sunbeam

• Pass or fail ratings don't tell whole story for Salem County schools

News of Cumberland Co.

• Vineland adds days to school year

Daily Journal

• Grades to go online for Vineland students

Express-Times

• OPINION: School districts should drug-test employees

National News

• Several senators criticize Grasmick's reform plan for Maryland schools (Baltimore Sun)
• School boundaries on agenda (Charlotte Observer)
• For Detroit Public Schools, the new battle in Lansing is curriculum (Detroit Free Press)
• Education bill raises $49 million question (Indianapolis Star)
• MPS finalists have checkered pasts (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Teacher suspended over stripper photo (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Del Mar board appears to be leaning toward not closing school (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Pinellas schools to offer free driver's education during summer (St. Petersburg Times)

DAILY CLIPS, 1/21/10

Star-Ledger

• N.J. poll finds support for easier teacher dismissal, merit pay
• United States Census 2010 Road Tour stops at Warren Hills Regional High School
• Armed N.J. parole officer causes lock-down at New Brunswick school
• Crossing guard, 81, hit by car in Bound Brook
• Warren County Community College coming to Phillipsburg

Asbury Park Press

• Poll: N.J. voters support merit pay for teachers
• Students could opt out of dissections in Middletown
• Stick to your New Year's resolutions with help of program in Berkeley
• Plumsted pupils create like Leonardo da Vinci
• Middletown high schools to hold Haiti fundraisers
• Eatontown's Memorial School theater group to stage 'Peter Pan'

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• They're staying onboard
• The Record Editorial:  New autism safeguards
• Herald News Editorial:  The math adds up to failed strategies
• Editorial: Time to move school elections too?
• Editorial: The Item: Thinking outside the box
• Poll: NJ voters support merit pay for teachers, oppose expansion of charter schools
• Districts seek aid from federal education financial program
• Bergen, Passaic school districts sign on to application for $400 million in federal funds
• Christie arrival buoys Montclair charter school advocates
• Montclair Board of Ed nomination deadline approaches
• Mother pleads not guilty in cursing incident
• Four Montclair schools fail to hit NCLB benchmarks
• Jefferson students aid book program
• Midland Park school math curriculum under review
• Candidate packets available
• Board candidates must file for school election by March 1
• BOE announces deadline for nominating petitions
• Wyckoff school district announces candidacy petition deadline
• Two seats on Emerson BOE to be filled
• North End teachers awarded study grant
• Students donate coats, canned goods
• Wear blue/dress down for Haiti Day in Teaneck Public Schools
• PTO working to solve diversity issues in city
• Superintendent’s Corner
• Furman to retire from district post
• Public hearing on Wyckoff school superintendent contract
• Millburn debaters stand out in speech tournament
• BMS names January Staff Member of the Month
• Students taking part in Model UN
• Girls take eighth place in Biology Blitz
• Montvale's Fieldstone Schools awarded grant
• Forest Avenue School workshops
• 'A Template for the Future'
• Morris County School of Technology to hold share time info session
• Special education students fail to meet federal benchmark State report says students didn't meet Adequate Yearly Progress standards
• Districts look to develop joint autistic program for students
• Federal grant provides 'frills' for Millburn special education
• Montvale Schools offer preschool program
• Laning Ave. School pre-k program
• F. N. Brown's School sponsors pre-school workshops
• Dumont offers pre-school inclusion program
• Kindergarten registration in Hillsdale to being Feb. 1
• Park Ridge schools raising funds for earthquake victims
• Band gig to benefit Project Graduation
• Busing issue still seeks a solution
• Cooking lesson
• Emerson High has seven Bloustein Scholars
• Dumont offers pre-school inclusion program
• Old-timers offering two scholarships

New Jersey Newsroom.com

• Poll finds New Jerseyans oppose Christie's plan to encourage charter schools
• Amid growing deficits, N.J. Assembly Speaker Oliver calls for budget review on Monday
• Gov. Christie surprised to learn N.J. short another $1 billion

Associated Press

• Poll: NJ voters support merit pay for teachers
• 2 NJ schools locked down in unrelated incidents
• Duncan urges NCAA to look at graduation rates

:Trenton Times

• Editorial: Change has arrived
• School's backers speak up
• Princeton U. applications on rise

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Christie says state has deficit; Corzine says it's a surplus
• Phila. misspent $17.7M in school aid, audit finds
• Phila. teacher raises put in 3 pct. range
• Graystone Academy loses 4th principal since '07

New York Times

• Foreign Languages Fade in Class — Except Chinese
• One Part of One Closing School Will Be Spared
• Code Violations Found in Manhattan Schools
• Looking to Expand, but Fearing It, Too
• Annual Poll of Freshmen Shows Effect of Recession

Courier Post

• Poll: N.J. voters support merit pay for teachers
• Teacher suffers setback in dispute over sexually explicit e-mails

Atlantic City Press

• No injuries, no arrests following lockdown at Egg Harbor Township High School
• Fast track for charter schools

Burlington Co. Times

• Dressed for success?
• A step to make schools safer
• Passion for the Pinelands

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Rumors of state-aid cuts, school closings have Woodbridge parents, officials in a tizzy
• Highland Park girls collect buttons — one for each U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan, Iraq
• Photo Gallery: Hunterdon Central at Delaware Valley high school wrestling!

Jersey Journal

• Washington School earns blue ribbon designation
• 3 Hudson senators not likely to torpedo Christie choice of Schundler to head education

New Jersey Herald

• N.J. school boards face changes

Gloucester Co. Times

• Editorial: Bad timing
• Bishop Guilfoyle Regional Catholic School to shut down

Daily Journal

• Team will assess Vineland's suitability for medical school

Trentonian

• Hamilton school board member: Why fast-track candidate?
• Cops: Bomb scare at school was hoax

National News

• Superintendent blasts plan to cut education funding (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
• Despite recession, Lincoln’s Carroll School for learning disabilities gains second campus (Baltimore Sun)
• Needham’s Math Mom inspires children, parents to love numbers (Boston Globe)
• Walnut Creek school board expects to reorganize district office, plan for cuts (Contra Costa Times)
• D. M. board weighs revising King, Perkins attendance boundaries (Des Moines Register)
• Quality of Questions on Common Tests at Issue (Education Week)
• Maranacook budget targets staff (Kennebec Journal)
• Rules on building sales revised (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Education officials- Cuts are hitting bone (Salt Lake Tribune)
• St. Charles Parish School Board OKs $10 million in bonds for construction (Times-Picayune)

DAILY CLIPS, 1/20/10

Star-Ledger

• N.J. files application for federal 'Race To The Top' education money
• Column: Could Gov. Chris Christie just drop the clichés for a change?
• Editorial: The Gov. Chris Christie era: Public employees face a new day
• Edison is asking voters for $166.8M for schools
• Chatham High School to start 15 minutes later
• Caldwell school nurse honored for heart-healthy programs
• High school in New Brunswick opens without stoplight, crosswalk
• Belmar high school coach denies sexual misconduct charges

Asbury Park Press

• School boards group cancels forum, cites costs
• Opinion: Other teachers union supports ‘Race To The Top’
• Shrewsbury Parent Teacher Group to host forum on education funding
• Neptune City schools to consider accepting tuition students
• Coach: Talks with players about sex were well-intended
• Dance group to perform twice at Red Bank Regional
• Teens evaluate message as governor takes oath
• Poll: N.J. voters want Christie to cut spending
• Other teachers union supports ‘Race To The Top’

Record/North Jersey Herald News

• Ahearn Op-Ed:  Shaking up the education establishment
• NJ Coalition says urban schools need help to meet tougher rules for getting high school diplomas
• Kinnelon school district issues warning about luring attempt
• Ringwood's home-grown history book
• Students in Englewood helping quake relief
• Morris County School of Technology to hold share time info session
• Apply for scholarship
• Denville K-8 BOE Meeting
• Pizza Day Tuesdays
• Math Enrichment
• Long-haired boy returns to class
• Don Bosco Prep mourns losses at Haitian school belonging to same Catholic order

New Jersey Newsroom.com

• Sen. Turner urges Christie to call for constitutional convention on tax reform

Trenton Times

• Last-chance forum on future of TCHS set for tonight
• School receives $60M
• Editorial: Energetic approach

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Teachers awaiting details of contract
• N.J., Pa. apply for federal schools grants
• Rights complaint filed in South Phila. High case
• Marchers demand end to Philadelphia school violence
• Service Day volunteers paint N. Philadelphia school

New York Times

• If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online
• Teacher With Bible Divides Ohio Town
• Wrangling in Albany Pushes State’s Request for School Aid to the Wire
• School Adds Weeding to Reading and Writing
• City Agrees to Conduct a Study on the Risks of PCBs in Schools

Courier Post

• 'Bordentown School' film to be screened

Atlantic City Press

• Voters expect Christie to act on taxes, jobs and education
• School bus bill vetoed
• Editorial:  New Jersey's new governor/The party's over, and the hard part starts
• Area school districts split on U.S. funding proposal
• Pleasantville school to showcase academic changes
• Vineland to create special zone for medical school at Newcomb
• Cumberland college plans to increase tuition rates

Burlington Co. Times

• Hugs from the heart
• Friends Academy unveils gym

Courier News/Home News Tribune

• Chinese language classes may debut in fall at middle school in Old Bridge
• Hundreds of North Brunswick teachers stage sign-in as contract negotiations remain stalled
• 4-year-old girl starts drive to raise funds for Haiti in Perth Amboy schools

Jersey Journal

• Former Bayonne school bus driver pleads guilty; pedestrian he hit will sue
• Jersey City parents group taking Graduation for All Campaign to Christie today

Gloucester Co. Times

• Woodbury school district teachers march for contracts
• Teacher nominations sought in Glassboro
• A young face in the Gloucester County College crowd at 11
• Staff member of the month named in Deptford
• Students at Aura School make donation
• Special education classes at Franklin Township school create 3-D snowflakes
• Students of Washington Township school take up collection for good cause
• Millville student with Celiac disease among those living healthy, gluten-free lifestyle
• Our Lady of Hope School to hold open house

News of Cumberland Co.

• Bridgeton Blotter: Knife-like object in school; comforter-style blankets, about 50 CDs, trash can stolen

Daily Journal

• NAACP, school district meet to talk about diversity
• Sacred Heart students to march in D.C.
• CCC banks on more signing up for classes

Daily Record

• Governor-Elect Chris Christie visits DAYTOP Preparatory School in Mendham
• More than half of Morris' school districts seek federal grant
• Challenging NJEA is right way to go
• Funeral today for Montville High School teacher

Princeton Packet Newspapers

• CRANBURY: Township man charged in school burglary
• CRANBURY: PHS reaches national honor roll
• HILLSBOROUGH: Board seeks grant funds
• HILLSBOROUGH: Election, economy add to school budget challenges
• LAWRENCE: State aid loss worries district
• MANVILLE: School solicits feedback from alumni
• MANVILLE: Board supports, but may not seek, federal grant funds
• MANVILLE: New school emergency manual OK’d
• MONTGOMERY: Yellow submarine surfaces in classroom
• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Students come to troops' aid
• WEST WINDSOR: Children discuss King's legacy

Greater Media Newspapers

• Long Branch students learn to conserve energy
• RBR dance majors present winter concert
• BOE president slams senior housing conversion
• YMCAs recognize teens who won’t tolerate intolerance
• Parents group hosts session on school funding
• Redbirds green with energy savings
• Millstone schools face grim budget discussions
• BOE mulls what to do with leftover referendum funds
• Upper Freehold district braces for possible ‘dramatic’ cuts
• 80,000 pounds of food collected in challenge
• Board seeks voters’ OK for multiple school projects
• District pursues tenants for Southard School
• ROTC cadets to host gift auction
• Meeting brings college attendance rate to light
• Edison BOE to try again with bond referendum
• Metuchen HS student arrested for bomb threat
• Irwin Tricky Tray planned for Feb. 19
• Courses cut as interest declines
• Marlboro school groups host clothing drive
• FRHSD releases details of violence, vandalism
• Middle school pupils honored

National News

• Contractors say Baltimore Co. school officials reject low bids (Baltimore Sun)
• Schools in Erie, Niagara face aid cuts (Buffalo News)
• Colorado Race to the Top application pushes "collaboration without rancor" (Denver Post)
• Duncan Carves Deep Mark on Policy in First Year (Education Week)
• 100-school charter cap may cost N.C. millions, some say (News Observer)
• 120 districts competing for share of $400 million (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• $29 parcel tax sought to fund youth job, educational programs in Sacramento (Sacramento Bee)
• Companies oppose school bus cuts (Star Bulletin, HA)
• Edina laptop pilot program takes off (Star Tribune, MN)