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Governor:Christopher Christie
Acting Commissioner of Education:Christopher D. Cerf
Quality Counts state grade:B-
Pre-K-12 enrollment:1,398,878
Number of school districts:557
Number of public schools:2,607
Number of public school teachers:110,202
Unadjusted education spending per student:$17,379
Percent minority students:48.5%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:31.7%
Percent of students with disabilities:16.1%
Percent of English-language learners:3.8%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:50.7%
8th grade math:46.8%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:43.9%
8th grade reading:44.7%

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The plan would make Camden the fourth system under state control since the controversial strategy was first used nearly 25 years ago.
May 31, 2013 - Education Week
Candidates sketch competing education policy visions in New Jersey and Virginia, the two states picking governors in 2013.
May 21, 2013 - Education Week
The pact approved in Newark, N.J., sets up a dual salary schedule and ensures teacher involvement in evaluations.
November 28, 2012 | Updated: December 12, 2012 - Education Week
Thousands of schools are doubling as emergency shelters, struggling to reopen, or still assessing damage following the superstorm that slammed the Mid-Atlantic states.
November 2, 2012 - Education Week
Widespread power outages, flooding, and other aftereffects of the storm continue to keep thousands of schools shuttered and millions of students out of classrooms along the mid-Atlantic.
October 31, 2012 - Education Week
Gregory Taylor, the president and CEO of the Foundation for Newark's Future, talks about how his foundation is managing $100 million in donations for the New Jersey school district.
August 28, 2012 - Education Week
The Garden State is creating a set of regional centers to monitor and intervene in its lowest-performing schools, but its approach is sparking some pushback.
August 15, 2012 - Education Week
Nationally, Hispanics are less likely than some other U.S. population groups to enroll their children in preschool. Not so in Perth Amboy.
June 1, 2012 - Education Week

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