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Public Support for Public Education
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Keeping GSCS Members & Friends Informed
Three-Judge Appellate Panel
Considering Superintendent Salary Caps
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2012 Leadership Conference
featuring futurist Glen Hiemstra
Co-sponsored by NJ School Development Council & GSCS
Douglass College College Center, Oct. 4, 9:00 a.m.
More info at the GSCS Website
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E. Brunswick BOE Building
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Appellate Panel hears argument on superintendent salary caps
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GSCS Note
There is no doubt that the salary caps have had a negative impact on the stability of public school leadership in New Jersey. The dramatic loss of chief school administrators has been recorded and reported accurately. GSCS observes this via its membership and board table. There is clear reason for concern, and the issue needs to be addressed now.
9-21-12
NJ Spotlight: "Court Hears Arguments on Superintendent Salary Caps"
"Cap or limit? Legal or not? Three-judge appellate panel takes the case under consideration . . . Arguably, the biggest impact of the law has been in prompting superintendents to step down when their contracts expire at the higher pay, rather than take salary cuts. Nearly 100 New Jersey superintendents retired in the past year, and half of all districts have seen the job turn over since the new limits were enacted."
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More NJ Education News
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10-1-12
Philadelphia Inquirer-Associated Press: "N J Schools holding 'Week of Respect' program in schools" "New Jersey is holding its second annual 'Week of Respect' program, which was created last year as part of the state's anti-bullying law . . . The state's anti-bullying law is considered the toughest in the country . . ."
NJ Spotlight: "Fine Print: State Control of Newark Schools in Court"
"Advocates of home rule for Newark schools take their case to Appellate Court . . . Appellants contend that the administration manipulated the process that would have started shifting the schools back to local oversight. The state has moved to dismiss the appeal outright, at this point on mostly technical grounds. . . . "
9-28-12
USDOE Release: "Department of Education Announces Grants Totaling More Than $14.4 Million to Charter School Management Organizations" " . . . As a result of today's grants, an additional 20,000 students in schools in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, will have access to a quality education in charter schools. . . . ."
NJ Spotlight: "Camden Board Rejects Urban Hope Act School Proposals" "Vote leaves next move uncertain for fledgling public-private initiative . . . "
Star Ledger: "NJ STARS program slashes scholarships for transfers to 4-year state schools"
" . . . For the first time, students will have the option of using their state-sponsored scholarship to transfer to a private four-year college under the portion of the program called NJ STARS II. But the size of the top NJ STARS II scholarships have been slashed from $7,000 to $2,500 a year. . . . "
9-27-12
NJ Spotlight: "Online Assessments Test the Limits of Public School Technology" "Half of NJ districts lack adequate computers, Internet capacity . . . "
Star Ledger: "Camden board of education denies applications for 'renaissance schools' " "In a surprising vote after midnight Wednesday, the Camden board of education rejected all the applicants seeking to build New Jersey's first privately owned public school facilities. . . " 9-26-12 NJ Spotlight: "No More Pencils, No More Books: Are School Librarians Becoming Obsolete?"
" . . . Media specialists argue that guidance and research skills are needed more than ever in the Internet age . . . At Freehold Regional High School district, the number of media specialists went from seven three years ago -- one for each of its six high schools, plus a roaming one -- to three. Each librarian is shared between two high schools. 'Once something is gone, they don't often come back, and we are living with three,' said Charles Sampson, the Freehold superintendent. 'It's a decision of where you deploy your resources.' . . . "
Press of Atlantic City: "Anti-bullying law improves educational environment in Pleasantville" " . . . Converting unreported and unacknowledged incidents into reported incidents helps empower the students, and lets them realize there is support . . . "
NJ Spotlight: "NJ To Pilot Early Testing for Kindergarten"
"Pilot program will measure social, academic development in seven districts. . . Red Bank, Bellmawr, Freehold, Kingwood, Clinton Township, and Garfield. The John P. Holland Charter School in Paterson is also participating. Nearly 800 students overall will take part."
9-25-12
Jersey Journal: "Cerf says talk of privatizing New Jersey public schools is 'palpable, absolute nonsense' " "State Education Commissioner Chris Cerf said tonight there is no effort to privatize New Jersey's public schools . . . "
NJ Spotlight: "Bill Would Stretch the School Day, Extend the School Year" "Three-year pilot would be funded by corporate contributions that would earn 100 percent tax credits . . . "
The Record: "Blue Ribbon award spotlights exemplary schools"
NJ Spotlight: "SDA Breaks Ground for Long Branch Elementary School"
"With seven years from blueprint to bulldozer, does Long Branch herald a faster, more responsive Schools Development Authority? . . . "
9-24-12
NJ Spotlight: "Fine Print: Longer School Days, School Year" "Bill would fund pilot program in up to 25 schools districts..."
9-20-12 Star Ledger: "Former Madison superintendent to helm N.J. School Boards Association" " . . . Dr. Lawrence Feinsod of West Orange, who has been the state Department of Education's executive county superintendent for Essex County since 2008, was unanimously approved by the 26-member board on Sept. 14. . . . Feinsod, who began his career as a teacher in Linden, has served as the chief school administrator in the Cranford, Madison and Mount Arlington school districts and is the co-founder and (former) president of the Garden State Coalition of Schools, a grassroots advocacy group of school administrators, school board members and parents. . . . "
A GSCS Note Congratulations to Larry Feinsod, Essex County Executive Superintendent and past president of Garden State Coalition of Schools, 1994-1998. GSCS is looking forward to working with Larry In his new role as Executive Director of the New Jersey School Boards Association. We send our best wishes, with thanks and appreciation, to Marie Bilik, retiring Executive Director of NJSBA.
NJ Spotlight: "Cerf & Co. Deliver 'State of the Schools' Address"
"At the yearly convocation, commissioner and staff review goals and chart progress of state's education initiatives -- one slide at a time . . . "
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