Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
New Providence administrators visited 58 classrooms over 10 days and found 44 with no technology in use, an early look at the district's "Balanced by Design" screen-reduction initiative launched this school year, while a separate assessment report showed 86.4% math readiness on a new state test that is not directly comparable to prior years.
Education
Summit Senior High School ranked No. 22 out of 433 public high schools in New Jersey and No. 5 in Union County in Niche's 2027 Best Schools rankings, released Sept. 28.
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Summit High School rededicated an East Asian Cherry Tree on Sept. 11 to mark the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, with Principal Stacy Grimaldi, violinist Nevena Bojovic and Mayor Elizabeth Fagan taking part in the outdoor ceremony.
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The Master Gardeners of Union County, based in Berkeley Heights, awarded their annual $750 Madeline Flahive DiNardo Scholarship to Marissa Duarte, a Union County Vocational-Technical Schools graduate recognized for her 4-H leadership and food-pantry garden work.
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New Jersey's Department of Education adopted new proficiency cut scores for the NJSLA on a different scale than the old system, with no public document bridging old and new results, leaving Summit, New Providence and Berkeley Heights families unable to reliably compare this year's test scores to prior years.
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A commentary warns that Governor Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights could lose 230 Mountainside students if the send-receive agreement expiring June 30, 2027, is not renewed, potentially forcing cuts to staff, courses and athletics.
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Summit Public Schools students start the 2026-27 school year Tuesday, Sept. 8, with a Board of Education meeting Sept. 10 and Back to School Nights at elementary schools Sept. 16.
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Fourteen of 18 area school districts are starting before Labor Day this year, up from seven last year, driven by AP exam prep time, earlier June endings and fall athletics already underway. Berkeley Heights opened Sept. 1, New Providence follows Sept. 3, while Summit holds to its post-Labor Day start on Sept. 8.
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Berkeley Heights Public Schools opens the 2026-27 school year on Tuesday, Sept. 1, with a new statewide bell-to-bell ban on personal devices and ongoing referendum construction projects across the district.
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Dr. Winston Jackson will continue as interim assistant principal at Governor Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights for the 2026-27 school year, his first full year after joining mid-year in April 2026.
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The Berkeley Heights Board of Education meets Friday, Aug. 28 for a first reading of a bell-to-bell student phone ban that simultaneously allows staff to record students on personal devices, plus a 35% health-benefit cost resolution and 13 policy adoptions.
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A seven-district comparison of U.S. News 2026-2027 high school rankings shows Summit holding steady at No. 2 among local schools, New Providence rising above Governor Livingston, and significant year-to-year fluctuations for Berkeley Heights' high school over four years.
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New Providence High School climbed 12 positions to No. 48 in New Jersey in the U.S. News & World Report 2026–2027 Best High Schools rankings, while the district earned its 15th straight NAMM Foundation music education honor.
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Drew University has appointed the Rev. Dr. Meredith Hoxie Schol, a Madison resident and eight-year Drew faculty member, as the new dean of Drew Theological School, effective July 1.
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Drew University in Madison is opening The Drew School this fall, a grades 1–8 program using AI-driven two-hour academics paired with afternoon life skills, starting with 10–12 founding families at $30,000 tuition.
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