Traces New Jersey Public Law 1972, Chapter 81, Bill S-992, granting adult status to 18-year-olds as an example of the legislative process in the State Legislature. (DS)

Presents the legislative action program of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), including general political objectives and the organization's stance on specific bills in the New Jersey legislature. A summary of national legislative goals and political action information for NJEA members is also provided. (SJL)

In the 1970s, the New Jersey state legislature developed, through its Public Employment Relations Act, an expansive system of public-employment relations on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) model. In the past two years, however, state supreme court decisions have cut the heart out of this system. (Author/SJL)

The New Jersey Education Association outlines the provisions of the state's 1979-80 tenured teacher evaluation regulations and advises its members on how to protect themselves during the annual evaluation process, especially in the conference with the evaluator. (SJL)

Education association members in four New Jersey school districts were administered the New Jersey Education Association's T and E Needs Assessment Survey to determine how well the state-mandated "Thorough and Efficient" education program is being implemented locally. Discrepancies in practice are noted and some recommendations made.…

Lists some recent decisions made by the Commissioner of Education on "salary principles". (RK)

Believes that the New Jersey Commission of Education's Policy of state-wide testing creates an atmosphere of repression against teachers'' and curbs imagination and innovation'' in children. (DS)

Review effects on educational systems of New Jersey's Public Law 1972, Chapter 81 (Bill S-992) granting full adult status to 18-year-olds. (DS)

Explains New Jersey law on the question of local school districts purchasing textbooks for loan to private and parochial schools. The objections of the New Jersey Education Association to these practices are noted. (SJL)

This booklet is both a review of some of the key legislative accomplishments of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) since 1975 and a synopsis of its proposed legislative program for 1980. The legislative goals of the National Education Association (NEA) are also described. (Author/SJL)

Notes reasons why, despite ample legislative provision, gifted programs are developing slowly in New Jersey. Also provided is the position statement on gifted and talented education of the New Jersey Education Association. (SJL)

The New Jersey Education Association refutes arguments being made by critics of New Jersey's educational tenure law. (SJL)

Summarizes the findings of an Educational Testing Service study on the effectiveness of New Jersey's 1976 state reforms to equalize school taxes and to provide a "Thorough and Efficient" education. (SJL)

The New Jersey Education Association analyzes the job description provision in the state's new teacher evaluation regulations and presents a suggested job description for New Jersey's tenured teachers. (SJL)

The condensed testimony of John Gordon Weiss, of The Committee for Fair and Open Testing, before the New Jersey State Senate and Assembly Education Committees, February 11, l981. Mr. Weiss focuses on misleading publicity and misscoring by the Educational Testing Service and on New York State's Truth-in-Testing legislation. (Editor/SJL)