Lawmakers Look to Shield H.S. Coaches from 'Overbearing' Parents
Lawmakers are thinking about requiring high school sports coaches to receive multi-year contracts and a specific set of steps that would have to be followed to discipline or fire them.
Benjie Wimberly
Sensitivity Training May Soon be Required for NJ H.S. Coaches
A proposed law advancing through the Legislature aims to toss discrimination and harassment out of high school sports — negative practices the lawmaker who sponsors the bill says he's all too familiar with as a head football coach.
Pregnant Cow Escapes Slaughter, Inspires Proposed NJ Law
Brianna made news when she bolted on Route 80. Now she could make a new law.
Affordable Housing Solution: Build More in South Jersey?
The debate is continuing not only over the availability and accessibility of affordable housing in New Jersey, but also whether the courts or the Legislature should oversee the issue.
Democrats want to end 'failed' state school takeovers, but Christie threatens veto
Lawmakers said that New Jersey has accomplished little despite running the schools for the last 27 years in Jersey City, 25 years in Paterson and 20 years in Newark.
PARCC testing in New Jersey schools shut down by computer glitch
Education Commissioner David Hespe blamed the testing contractor for the technical problems.
NJ bill would strengthen laws for large dog breeds
Two New Jersey lawmakers are pushing for stronger fence and leash laws for large dog breeds in an effort to curb attacks on humans.
Working to restrict standardized tests in New Jersey
Students in the Garden State should not be given standardized tests until they reach the third grade, according to several New Jersey lawmakers including the chairman of the Assembly Education Committee.