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Commissioner Davy Announces Opportunity for Districts to Apply |
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Barack Obama Green Charter School Preparing students to become informed, engaged, and creative critical thinkers and inspiring the leaders of a sustainable future. The Barack Obama Green Charter School, the first sustainability-focused charter high school in the state of New Jersey, is looking for people interested in joining our curriculum design team. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the development of a groundbreaking curriculum that will serve as a model of sustainability-centered education in New Jersey and in the United States. Obama Green will open its doors to its first ninth grade class for the 2010-2011 school year. We are eager to find talented and experienced educators and environmentalists to help us design a curriculum centered on project based service learning with a focus on sustainability. We also welcome support in other areas, including: Financial Sustainability, University/College Partnerships, Business Partnerships, Community Mentors and Volunteers, Student Interns, and Teachers/Professors interested in partnering up in creative ways. Compensation can be worked out when money becomes available. Visit our website at www.njfirstgreen.org or contact Rebecca Jones at 973-572-6468 or becca@filmjones.com. |
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QuEST 2009 Highlights
Highlights from the recently concluded 2009 AFT QuEST conference in Washington, D.C., included AFT president Randi Weingarten's keynote address, a town hall meeting with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, a panel on community schools and remarks from U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. Daily updates from the conference, as well as video highlights, can be found on the AFT's QuEST 2009 Web site.
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 On June 22, President Obama announced a nationwide service initiative, United We Serve, which is the beginning of a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to meet community needs and make service a way of life for all Americans. |
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APRIL LEGISLATIVE ISSUES |
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Executive Council Meeting |
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EDUCATION ISSUES IN NEW JERSEY |
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Congratulations to the Essex County College Adjunct Faculty Federation, Local 6370! The ECCAFF ratified their first contract which includes salary increases of almost 22% over the life of the 3 year contract. For more details go to - http://nj.aft.org/eccaff/ |
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On December 9, 2008 Bill Lipkin appeared on PBS's News Hour in a piece on Higher Education in New Jersey... |
