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Roy Montesano of Ramsey Public Schools Named New Jersey Superintendent of the Year

Dr. Roy Montesano has brought a passion to education from the beginning of his career as a middle school science teacher. Under Roy's leadership as superintendent, his focus on professional development, and technology, has distinguished his district. Ramsey has schools ranking among the top in the state.

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Geraldine Carroll of Lindenwold Public Schools Is Southern NJ Superintendent of the Year

Superintendent Geraldine Carroll is preparing her students for the future with technology in every classroom, despite budget challenges. She's also created a dynamic professional development program for teachers. For these achievements and more, Carroll is Southern New Jersey Superintendent of the Year.

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Terry Sinatra of Metuchen Public Schools Named Central NJ Superintendent of the Year

Superintendent Terry Sinatra successfully built bridges with the community, resulting in the passage of 14 consecutive school budgets. She also updated Metuchen's old buildings and brought technology into the schools. For these achievements and more, Sinatra is Central New Jersey Superintendent of the Year.

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New Jersey Education Briefs - Preparing Students for College and Careers

New Jersey's Chief Education Officers are providing the leadership required to prepare students for college, viable careers, and ultimately become productive members of our global society.

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New Jersey Education Briefs - The Biggest Challenges Facing Students Today

Chief Education Officers are responsible for moving education forward through the most challenging academic and economic times and into the 21st Century. Here's how they're doing it.

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New Jersey Education Briefs - The Biggest Business in Town: Your School System

What's the biggest business in town? It's the public school system. Chief Education Officers manage this business using a unique background and hands-on approach to produce a product that is essential in today's economy—a good education.

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New Jersey Education Briefs - The 21st Century Classroom: How iPads, Apps, Twitter and More Engage and Educate Students

Chief Education Officers are at the helm of a journey toward technology in New Jersey's schools. They are bringing schools into the 21st century with state-of-the-art facilities and technology tools to help students learn and prepare for higher education, professional careers and trades.

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New Jersey Education Briefs - Items to Watch: School Budget Vote, Teacher & Student Assessment, Tenure, Charter Schools

2012 brings continued challenges for New Jersey schools, from developing an authentic assessment for teachers, principals and students to reforming tenure, approving charter schools, and moving the date for school elections and budget votes.

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New Jersey Education Briefs - The new bullying law in New Jersey is fraught with shortcomings and should be revisited.

Shortcomings inherent in the new Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying law have the potential to create long-lasting negative consequences, and legislators should consider necessary adjustments to the law to protect students.

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New Jersey Education Briefs - Fast-track implementation of teacher assessment program does not allow for adjustments.

A new teacher evaluation system will be implemented statewide before administrators and educators have sufficient time to evaluate the success of its pilot program and make necessary adjustments.

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New Jersey Education Briefs - The new bullying law in New Jersey is fraught with shortcomings and should be revisited.

Shortcomings inherent in the new Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying law have the potential to create long-lasting negative consequences, and legislators should consider necessary adjustments to the law to protect students.

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New Jersey Education Briefs - Items to watch include the new bullying law and changes in teacher and student assessment.

A new bullying law in New Jersey schools might cause problems because it is difficult to implement. The state is piloting a teacher evaluation program that hopefully will not be a one-size-fits-all answer. New national benchmarks for math and language arts will require new ways to assess students. These are the items to watch.

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New Jersey Education Briefs - New teacher assessment system to be tested in pilot program could affect pay, tenure.

Up to nine pilot districts will test new statewide teacher evaluations during the 2011-12 school year. The evaluations will influence decisions about personnel policies, compensation, merit-based bonuses, tenure, and more. Therefore, the task force should be careful to consider all the issues that affect student achievement.

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New Jersey Education Briefs - National benchmarks for math and language arts will better prepare students for success.

The Common Core State Standards Initiative will set national benchmarks for math and language arts. The standards are designed to more accurately provide the knowledge and skills students need for success in college and careers. Similarly, a national assessment initiative is under way to parallel the new standards.

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