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Rutgers orders pro-Palestinian protesters to end encampment or face police

UPDATE: Protest organizers agreed to voluntarily disband the encampment just prior to the 4 p.m. deadline imposed by Rutgers, saying that some of their demands of the university have been met. Protesters began disassembling camp sites as police officers watched from a distance. Pro-Palestinian protesters have until 4 p.m. Thursday to remove tents from Rutgers University’s New Brunswick campus before officials move in “with the assistance of law enforcement, to remove the protesters and their be
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Facing deadline, pro-Palestinian protesters at Rutgers agree to disperse, take down tents

Faced with a threatened show of force by police, a group of pro-Palestinian student protesters on the main campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick quietly left their encampment Thursday under a 4 p.m. deadline to leave or face a response by law enforcement. The move came after university officials charged that the protesters had disrupted final exams in the weeks leading up to graduation.
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Union County’s top rated schools. See latest full list.

Academy For Information Technology is the highest ranked high school in Union County, according to an NJ Advance Media analysis of new school data released by the state Department of Education. The high school, located in Scotch Plains, serves students from throughout the county and ranks 92nd statewide among high schools that offer grades 9 to 12. NJ Advance Media assigned each New Jersey high school a ranking number between 1 and 357 based on the “summative ratings” calculated by the state D
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Hunterdon County’s top rated schools. See latest full list.

Hunterdon County Academies is the highest ranked high school in Hunterdon County, according to an NJ Advance Media analysis of new school data released by the state Department of Education. The high school, located in Glen Gardner, serves students from throughout the county and ranks 17th statewide among high schools that offer grades 9 to 12. NJ Advance Media assigned each New Jersey high school a ranking number between 1 and 357 based on the “summative ratings” calculated by the state Depart
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Ocean County’s top rated schools. See latest full list.

Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science is the highest ranked high school in Ocean County, according to an NJ Advance Media analysis of new school data released by the state Department of Education. The high school, located in Stafford, serves students from throughout the county and ranks 14th statewide among high schools that offer grades 9 to 12. NJ Advance Media assigned each New Jersey high school a ranking number between 1 and 357 based on the “summative ratings” calculated
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Sussex County’s top rated schools. See latest full list.

Sparta High School is the highest ranked high school in Sussex County, according to an NJ Advance Media analysis of new school data released by the state Department of Education. The high school ranks 72nd statewide among high schools that offer grades 9 to 12. NJ Advance Media assigned each New Jersey high school a ranking number between 1 and 357 based on the “summative ratings” calculated by the state Department of Education for the 2022-23 school year. (Use the look-up tool below to find y
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Passaic County’s top rated schools. See latest full list.

Diana C. Lobosco STEM Academy is the highest ranked high school in Passaic County, according to an NJ Advance Media analysis of new school data released by the state Department of Education. The high school, located in Wayne, serves students from throughout the county and ranks 12th statewide among high schools that offer grades 9 to 12. NJ Advance Media assigned each New Jersey high school a ranking number between 1 and 357 based on the “summative ratings” calculated by the state Department o
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Monmouth County’s top rated schools. See latest full list.

High Technology High School is the highest ranked high school in Monmouth County, according to an NJ Advance Media analysis of new school data released by the state Department of Education. The high school, located in Middletown, serves students from throughout the county and ranks 3rd statewide among high schools that offer grades 9 to 12. NJ Advance Media assigned each New Jersey high school a ranking number between 1 and 357 based on the “summative ratings” calculated by the state Departmen
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Warren County’s top rated schools. See latest full list.

Warren County Vocational Technical School is the highest ranked high school in Warren County, according to an NJ Advance Media analysis of new school data released by the state Department of Education. The high school, located in Washington, serves students from throughout the county and ranks 99th statewide among high schools that offer grades 9 to 12. NJ Advance Media assigned each New Jersey high school a ranking number between 1 and 357 based on the “summative ratings” calculated by the st
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Cape May County’s top rated schools. See latest full list.

Ocean City High School is the highest ranked high school in Cape May County, according to an NJ Advance Media analysis of new school data released by the state Department of Education. The high school ranks 96th statewide among high schools that offer grades 9 to 12. NJ Advance Media assigned each New Jersey high school a ranking number between 1 and 357 based on the “summative ratings” calculated by the state Department of Education for the 2022-23 school year. (Use the look-up tool below to
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Morris County’s top rated schools. See latest full list.

Academy for Mathematics, Science and Engineering is the highest ranked high school in Morris County, according to an NJ Advance Media analysis of new school data released by the state Department of Education. The high school, located in Rockaway, serves students from throughout the county and ranks 2nd statewide among high schools that offer grades 9 to 12. NJ Advance Media assigned each New Jersey high school a ranking number between 1 and 357 based on the “summative ratings” calculated by th
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Somerset County’s top rated schools. See latest full list.

Somerset County Vocational Technical High School is the highest ranked high school in Somerset County, according to an NJ Advance Media analysis of new school data released by the state Department of Education. The high school, located in Bridgewater, serves students from throughout the county and ranks 34th statewide among high schools that offer grades 9 to 12. NJ Advance Media assigned each New Jersey high school a ranking number between 1 and 357 based on the “summative ratings” calculated
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Best N.J. high schools in all 21 counties based on state rating scores

New Jersey has some of the best schools in the nation, but some schools perform better than others, new data released by the state Department of Education shows. Nearly every school in New Jersey is assigned a score as part of the state’s annual controversial school ratings system. NJ Advance Media assigned each New Jersey high school a ranking number between 1 and 357 based on the “summative ratings” calculated by the state Department of Education for the 2022-23 school year. (Find a link to
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Explosion at N.J. business kills 73-year-old woman, severely iures 4 others

A 73-year-old woman was killed and four people suffered severe injuries Wednesday in a chemical explosion and fire at a commercial business in Old Bridge that makes smoke generators, authorities said. Officials called for a shelter in place at a nearby school due to the fire. Two of those injured were flown by helicopter to hospitals for treatment, while two others were taken from the scene by ambulances, authorities said. The fire broke out before 11:21 a.m. at Superior Signal Company on Wes
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N.J.’s top high schools ranked by latest state scores. See the full list.

The top high school in New Jersey is an ultra-competitive magnet school in Middlesex County, according to new data released by the state Department of Education. New Jersey released an update to its controversial school ratings system this month that gives parents a look at how their schools compare to others, using data from the 2022-23 school year. Woodbridge Academy Magnet School, a specialized biomedical high school in the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, had the
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