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39 NJ Public Schools Ranked Among Best In America By U.S. News 39 NJ Public Schools Ranked Among Best In America By U.S. News
39 NJ Public Schools Ranked Among Best In America By U.S. News U.S. News & World Report has released is latest rankings of the best public high schools in America. Thirty-nine of those are in New Jersey and rank among the top 10 percent in the nation. "Families can use the Best High Schools rankings to see how schools compare at the national, state and local level on factors like graduation rates and college readiness," said Anita Narayan, managing editor of Education at U.S. News.  "The rankings also provide insight into academic performance among underserved groups." High Technology High School was ranked the No. 1 STEM school this ye…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
21 NJ Schools Named Among Best In America 21 NJ Schools Named Among Best In America
21 NJ Schools Named Among Best In America A study released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report names 21 New Jersey high schools among the nation’s best. 
Nearly 18,000 schools around the country were ranked based on measurements in categories including college readiness (30 percent), math and reading proficiency (20 percent), math and reading performance (20 percent), underserved student performance (10 percent), college curriculum breadth (10 percent) and graduation rate (10 percent). New Jersey’s top school for 2020 is the Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, which ranked No. 33 nati…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Boy, 14, Threatened To Shoot Students At Glen Ridge High School: Police Boy, 14, Threatened To Shoot Students At Glen Ridge High School: Police
Boy, 14, Threatened To Shoot Students At Glen Ridge High School: Police A student at Glen Ridge High School has been charged with making terroristic threats and creating a false public alarm for saying he would commit acts of violence at the school and would directly harm multiple students, Lt. Timothy Faranda said in a statement.  Police opened an investigation June 4 and charged the student after consulting with the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. A person with direct knowledge of the incident told NJ.com that the boy threatened to shoot fellow students on the last day of school.  The investigation was continuing this week but Faranda said there w…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? NJ State Police Seek 'Suspicious' Man Who Questioned Glen Ridge School Staffers SEEN HIM? NJ State Police Seek 'Suspicious' Man Who Questioned Glen Ridge School Staffers
Seen HIM? NJ State Police Seek 'Suspicious' Man Who Questioned Glen Ridge School Staffers State Police sought the public's help finding a man who they said entered Glen Ridge High School and acted suspiciously. The man shown in the sketch and photo below showed up at the high school around 7:20 a.m. Jan 15 and began asking staff members suspicious questions, the NJSP said. "During the conversation, he stated that he recently moved to Glen Ridge," State Police wrote in a post. "A short time later, he left the property and got into a newer model black Toyota Highlander." NJ State Police Detective Sgt. Dennis Cappello used video surveillance and assistance from a witness to creat…

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by Cecilia Levine