REVISED STATE CHARTER PROGRAM RULES STILL LEGALLY FLAWED
ELC Again Submits Comments Raising Major Concerns For the second time this year, Education Law Center has submitted…
ELC ADDS CHARTER SCHOOL DATA TO INTERACTIVE WEBSITE PAGES
Education Law Center has now expanded the user-friendly, interactive data available on its website that provides information on…
LEGALLY FLAWED CHARTER REGULATIONS MUST BE FLATLY REJECTED
ELC Submits Comments to State Board Questioning Acting Commissioner’s Authority to Change Charter School Law Through Regulation In…
VOUCHERS DEFEATED IN PA: LET’S KEEP NJ VOUCHER FREE
Pennsylvania’s Republican Governor Tom Corbett wanted vouchers. Republican leadership in the Pennsylvania legislature pushed for vouchers. Students First…
NJDOE KEEPS CHARTER REVIEW PROCESS SHROUDED IN SECRECY
Last January, the NJ Department of Education approved a record 27 new charter schools, many to be operated…
LESSONS FROM GEORGIA AND WISCONSIN: NJ VOUCHER BILL WILL LEAD TO WASTE, ABUSE AND SEGREGATION
Smart leaders learn from successes and failures in other states. By using the experience of others, states don’t…
CHARTER SCHOOL REFORM BILL ADVANCES
The Assembly Education Committee took an important step forward last month when members overwhelmingly voted to support proposed…
TIME TO OVERHAUL NJ’S CHARTER SCHOOL LAW
ELC PROPOSES CHANGES TO MAKE CHARTER SCHOOLS EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE Newark NJ — May 17, 2011 Charter schools,…
PRESIDENT OBAMA GETS IT RIGHT: VOUCHERS WILL HURT, NOT IMPROVE, PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Newark, NJ — March 31, 2011 Support is fading fast in the NJ Legislature for a bill that…
NJ SHOULD JOIN OTHER STATES IN REJECTING VOUCHER BILL
Newark NJ — July 13, 2010 Growing opposition has stalled the voucher bill, aka the “Opportunity Scholarship Act,”…