Article: National Education Association to host national news conference and school tour: Meeting the challenge of urban education. (NEWS ADVISORY)

Article: Jersey City teachers strike tests open-market ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... weren't on the list. In Jersey City, a town that already has experienced ... Tom Flavia, president of the Jersey City Education Association, which represents 3,500 ... for example, only 56% of Jersey City's eighth-graders passed ...

Article: Jersey City teachers on strike; some schools close
AP Online;  November 19, 1998 ;     482 words ... ... Writer AP Online 11-19-1998 JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) _ Teachers ... throughout the district. The Jersey City Education Association represents 2,500 teachers ... kicked out of Lincoln High. Jersey City police Sgt. Edgar Martinez ...

Article: COALITION BATTLES JERSEY CITY SCHOOL VOUCHERS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 23, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... COALITION BATTLES JERSEY CITY SCHOOL VOUCHERS ... which have closed in Jersey City. Edward Martone ... including the New Jersey Education Association, which represents ... employees. Keywords: JERSEY CITY. SCHOOL. FINANCE ...

Article: CRITIC QUESTIONS VOUCHER PLAN FOR JERSEY CITY
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  November 13, 1994 ;     697 words ... ... provide some parents in Jersey City with publicly funded ... state took over the [Jersey City] school system ... against the plan. Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler ... courting the New Jersey Education Association, a powerful 144 ...

Article: Putting some clout into cliche in Jersey City. ...
Insight on the News;  August 9, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... Republican: "I'm the Jersey City Party." But he did ... patronage machine. (Jersey City, after all, was Boss ... wrath of the National Education Association, the 2.1 million ... tells how and why. Jersey City has a pretty good chance ...

Article: Jersey City's school plan offers a chance to ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 24, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... tuition payments. Jersey City may not have a reputation ... his efforts to save Jersey City. His efforts might ... union _ the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) _ on board ... reduce class size in the Jersey City public schools. These ...

Article: JERSEY CITY MAYOR BLASTS VOUCHER OPPONENT
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 19, 1994 ;     522 words ... ... surfaced Tuesday when Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler ... voucher program in Jersey City would "result in the ... with the New Jersey Education Association, the 144,000-member ... provide some parents in Jersey City with publicly funded ...