Active shooter drills urge people to be proactive in real life scenarios
In a recent active shooter drill conducted at the NJCU School of Business, safety instructors urged participants to be proactive in emergency scenarios.
Education
Play Unified encourages camaraderie among student athletes
In 2011, the club became part of Special Olympics New Jersey Unified Sports. Now the team is called Old Bridge Play Unified and is funded by Special Olympics New Jersey and the Old Bridge Board of ...
Gottheimer bill calls for seat belts on school buses, mum on background checks
Gottheimer ignored questions on school bus driver background checks at a school bus safety news conference.
How Rutgers University is leading the research in beyond next-generation technology
Rutgers and its partners anticipate the COSMOS research bearing exponential benefits for humans, including safer streets and intersections.
Camden City School District announces return of gifted and talented program
After nearly a decade, the Camden City School District will reintroduce its gifted and talented program. In the fall, the district will begin a pilot program for 130 students.
Program prepares disabled students for the workforce
Project Search trains disabled high school students with transferable skills to help them transition into the workforce.
New Jersey’s first lady encourages girls to pursue STEM careers
New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy attended this year's Young Women Conference at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. The event encourages more girls to go into STEM fields, and is something the ...
Lawsuit alleges state laws at fault for school segregation
The suit alleges state laws requiring students to attend school where they live perpetuates the long history of housing discrimination in the state's schools.
The importance of early childhood reading
Literacy and reading helps kids develop skills needed for a wide range of subjects.
Murphy signs bill extending tuition aid to unauthorized immigrants
There was an air of celebration as Gov. Murphy prepared to sign a bill granting financial aid at state colleges and universities to unauthorized immigrants.
Murphy’s tuition-free plan challenged in Assembly Committee
New Jersey’s Acting Secretary for Higher Education Zakiya Smith Ellis praised the governor’s plan of tuition-free community college to the Assembly Budget Committee.
After 27 years, Paterson is poised to regain local school control
Bitterness lingers, and after two-plus generations under state control, kids struggle. PARCC test scores remain low, but graduation rates have nearly doubled since 2009.
Stevens Institute students design device to help a family
Their device was on display, along with roughly 140 other capstone projects, at Stevens' annual Innovation Expo.
New family center provides Campbell’s employees with child care option
It’s take your child to work day every day at the Campbell Soup Company, which celebrated the grand opening of their new child care facility at its world headquarters in Camden.
Farm to school program educates about healthy eating habits
It’s lunchtime at Alphabets Preschool Center in Asbury Park.
