Technology has become an essential part of young people’s lives, but how well-prepared is our education system for today's students? AJ Kelton, Director of Emerging Instructional Technology at Montclair State University, explores this issue in EDUCATION IS CHANGING. For more on the topic, listen to Hall Institute Executive Director Michael P. Riccards' podcast with Kelton. Play

George W. Bush: The Movie— In Past Politics?, the Hall Institute's Jarrett Chapin offers a short review of Oliver Stone's biopic W. Read more about movies and politics in At the Movies.

NJ Media: The Past, Present and Future— In a Hall Institute Forum television program, Richard Lee discusses the changing landscape of media in New Jersey with Jerome Aumente, the author of a book about the history of newspapers in the Garden State. View

Keeping Disabled Workers Safe— The creation of an unnecessary safety hazard for workers with disabilities is beyond any possible reasonable explanation. Yet, as Salvatore Pizzuro explains, this is what is exactly what is occurring in New Jersey today. Read more in Community Acquiescence for Prospective Workers with Disabilities: New Jersey’s Ongoing Dilemma.

• Riccards on New Jersey 2008 — A blog on our state's expanded role in the 2008 presidential race.
• Rich Lee on Media — Musings on those who make the news and those who report it.
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The Hall Institute is a non-partisan, not-for-profit foundation established to explore social, economic, educational and cultural issues. Our weekly email newsletter is sent to organizations and individuals with an interest in the material posted on our website at www.hallnj.org.

Since its inception three years ago, the institute has emerged as a leading voice for public policy in New Jersey. More than 200 papers, on topics ranging from health care to education to property taxes, have been posted on our website.

In 2006, the institute presented an online Virtual Debate among the candidates in New Jersey's U.S. Senate race. At present, we are sponsoring NJ2008, a special section on New Jersey's role in the 2008 presidential campaign.

In addition to our other activities, the institute also has published two books -- The State of the Garden State and Reaction and Reform in New Jersey. Both are compilations of the major papers posted on its website.

Located in Trenton directly across from the New Jersey Statehouse, the institute was established by George E. Hall, a successful business executive and a leading philanthropist who lives in Middletown, N.J.