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Hunterdon Central high school adds new academies to Magnet Program
Hunterdon Central Regional High School is expanding its Magnet Program to six academies with the addition of two new academies for the 2025-2026 school year − engineering, and media and communications.
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NJ.com
Why doesn’t N.J. let kids take remote classes on snow days?
Dozens of South Jersey schools are closed Monday due to a snowstorm, but switching to remote learning for the day is not an option.
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Reject absurd plan to build preschool in county park | Jersey Journal editorial
North Bergen’s application to the state Department of Environmental Protection to build a new preschool on what should be open space in county-owned James J. Braddock North Hudson Park is being blasted.
Rapper Bobby Shmurda, ‘principal for a day’ at N.J. high school, gives life lessons
Rapper Bobby Shmurda recently surprised students at East Orange Campus High School, becoming their “principal” for the day.
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This 19-year-old NYU student is one of Bergen’s youngest-ever school board members
Bergen County saw one of its youngest school board members ever sworn in Thursday night amid the inauguration season for newly elected board of education members in New Jersey.
- Also covered in Daily Record
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Education Week
Hall Passes Go Digital to Complement Cellphone Restrictions
Schools report fewer behavioral problems and better attendance when the two measures work in tandem.
What’s In, What’s Out for AI, Cellphones, Cybersecurity, and Other Ed-Tech Stuff
Education technology changes quickly. Here are our predictions for 2025.
How to Be the Kind of Education Leader You Want to Be (Opinion)
Ask yourself these questions in order to trail blaze a path to supporting your school community.
FCC’s ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules Struck Down. Could This Mean Slower Internet for Schools?
A federal appeals court on Thursday dealt a blow to President Biden’s Federal Communications Commission, striking down the agency’s hard-fought and long-debated open internet rules.
USA Today
What is tiger parenting? US kids need more of it to succeed | Opinion
Despite the poor messaging by Vivek Ramaswamy Reading identified a real problem, math scores among American students have been declining for years. Dozens of schools in Chicago and most of the public high schools in Baltimore recently saw none of their students test as “proficient” in math.
