Schools

New Jersey schools acting as polling places for this Tuesday's primary election will have the option to have a remote learning day, state officials confirmed.

The importance of remembering what happened and honoring our heroes is why State Sen. Anthony Bucco penned legislation to require schools to include 9/11 instruction in the curriculum.

Students will still have to wear masks on school buses even after New Jersey’s mask mandate lifts next month unless the federal government changes its requirement.

Federal education officials have ordered New Jersey to restore millions of dollars in school funding cuts to as many as 81 school districts and charter schools or risk forfeiting billions in federal aid.

Trying to make a "non-routine school year" feel more routine for students, township Public Schools Superintendent Mark Toback is bringing back "Wellness Weekends" on three occasions during the current academic year.

At a legislative hearing, a familiar refrain from the education community: it's great that schools are open, but it's only October and everyone's exhausted.

There was a broad range of topics covered including the school funding formula, infrastructure, property taxes, vocational school, guns, critical race theory, and more.

COVID-19 Activity Level Index, or CALI, scores will still be calculated but will determine COVID screening testing levels rather than school closures.

Another $923M in federal funds to support NJ schools recovering from the pandemic is on its way to the state, bringing the total since last year to more than $4B.

Senator Vince Polistina and District 2 running mates want school face mask decisions left to the parents and schools.