Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Drew Theological School doctoral candidate Damien Domenack is one of 15 scholars nationally selected for a $35,000 Forum for Theological Exploration fellowship to support his dissertation on Christian social ethics.
Education
Summit High School ranked No. 30 in New Jersey and No. 499 nationally in U.S. News & World Report's 2026-2027 Best High Schools rankings, while TAPinto Summit launched a community survey on whether the city should restore school bus transportation.
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Berkeley Heights Public Schools named Gregory Cohen as its new transportation supervisor on Aug. 18, weeks before the 2026-27 school year begins and as bus route information goes out to families.
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Berkeley Heights Public Schools announced Aug. 10 that bus route and pass information will arrive by email in late August, directing families to also check the district website and PowerSchool portal ahead of the new school year.
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Summit High School rose 15 points to rank No. 27 statewide on 2024-25 SAT scores while Governor Livingston dropped 43 points to No. 100, its lowest composite in six years, according to data published by NJ21st.
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Drew University in Madison launched a free Google Career Certificate program on Aug. 6, offering students, alumni and employees online credentials in more than 15 fields including AI, cybersecurity and data analytics through the Google AI for Education Accelerator.
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Drew University's Empty Nester Semester returns for fall 2026 with 11 midweek short courses on its Madison campus, one NJ Transit stop from Summit, with registration now open for the 10-week series starting Sept. 17.
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Summit Public Schools students return Tuesday, Sept. 8, for a 180-day school year approved by the Board of Education last October, with four built-in snow days and a policy that makeup days could shorten Spring Break.
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New Jersey Commissioner of Education Dr. Lily Laux has affirmed a public censure against six Berkeley Heights Board of Education members, rejecting their advice-of-counsel defense in a four-year ethics case that now heads toward an early-September appeal deadline.
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The Connection, a Summit nonprofit, hired Jonathan Leonardi as Adaptive Program Coordinator to launch two new fall classes for children and teens with disabilities, with registration opening Tuesday, August 11.
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Madison Public Schools released a revised 2026-2027 district calendar on July 29, with students returning Wednesday, Sept. 2 and the school year ending Thursday, June 17, 2027.
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The New Providence Board of Education eliminated the automatic kindergarten sibling exception from its elementary redistricting plan at its July 23 meeting, meaning younger siblings in the redistricting zone no longer have a guaranteed spot at Allen W. Roberts School starting in 2026-27.
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Drew University MAT graduate Nicole Sydor has been named a 2026 NJ Distinguished Clinical Intern, extending the Madison university's streak to 10 years of producing state-honored student teachers.
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New Jersey's switch to computerized adaptive state testing this spring has delayed score releases until fall 2026 and reset the scoring scale, raising questions for Summit-area families about whether future proficiency numbers will be comparable to prior years.
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New Providence School District earned the NAMM Foundation's "Best Community for Music Education" designation for the 15th time in 2026, the highest total in Union County, while also honoring four teachers with Union County recognition awards.
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