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NJ.com Edison school board proposal for 12% tax hike sparks backlash For five years in a row, Edison school board members proudly kept a streak of 0% school tax increases going in one of New Jersey’s largest school districts.   NJ Spotlight How NJ plans to modernize curriculum in the age of fakery and AI Proposed revisions to boost information literacy at all grade levels so students can ‘identify fact from fiction.’   Sherrill wants full pension funding, with retiree COLAs still on hold Treasurer cites $6 billion ‘penalty’ — roughly one-tenth of the proposed state budget — for past skimping on retirement payments.   New Jersey Monitor NJ Republicans demand federal and state reviews of ‘fiscal failures’ in Newark schools Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia (R-Sussex) accuses Newark’s public school district of “egregious, ridiculous spending.”   NorthJersey.com Paterson NJ schools get AI training from Google, Penn. See why Paterson Public Schools is one of just five districts chosen to participate in the Pioneering AI in School Systems (PASS) program, a $1 million partnership between Google and the University of Pennsylvania that provides training on a question that schools are wrestling with nationally.

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