Commissioners, Business, K-12, and Higher Education Announce Major Recommendations to Change New Jersey High Schools.-- Course Requirements, New Testing System, and Teacher Supports Announced The New Jersey High School Redesign Steering Committee: [TABLE OMITTED] BACKGROUND: The High School Redesign Steering Committee grew out of the Education Summit on High Schools convened in 2005. Members of the Committee include the New Jersey Department of Education The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. (NJDOE NJDOE New Jersey Department of Education ), New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association (NJPSA NJPSA New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association ), New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA), New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), the Business Coalition for Educational Excellence (BCEE) at the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJASA), New Jersey Commission on Higher Education The New Jersey Commission on Higher Education is a government agency in New Jersey that is responsible to provide coordination, planning, policy development, and advocacy for the state's higher education system. , New Jersey United for Higher School Standards (NJU), New Jersey Presidents' Council, and Montclair State University History Montclair State was established in 1908 as "Montclair Normal School" in response to a growing need for teachers. It was renamed "Montclair State Teachers College" in 1927, when it developed a program of educating secondary school teachers through a Bachelor of Arts . The Committee supports the work begun at the National Education Summit on High Schools held in Washington, DC in 2005. For more information visit www.njhighschoolsummit.org. |
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