NJ Schools

William Scully, who worked at Sterling High School, was getting out of his car along the highway when he was struck by a passing motorist, State Police said.

It's not quite what you think.

Shaina Brenner, who teaches second graders at Elms Elementary School in Jackson, was surprised to be presented with a Milken Educator Award.

Here in New Jersey, some school lunch traditions seem to stand throughout the test of time.

"The teacher shortage is real in New Jersey," said Richard Bozza, executive director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators.

"A lot of schools are competing for the same seemingly limited pool of candidates," Sal Randazzo, coordinator of communications for the Deptford Township School District, said.

Proposed rule changes are particularly focused on the supply of math and science teachers, a problem even before current more widespread challenges.

New legislation requires that districts provide instruction on "bleed control."

As New Jersey school districts are reviewing curriculum for the upcoming year, Toms River and Marlboro are among those fact-checking how updated education standards might look in class.

The state's continued guidance to screen for coronavirus among school staff with no symptoms no longer aligns with the updated federal COVID recommendations.