NJDOE INTENT ON CLOSING SCHOOLS SERVING STUDENTS OF COLOR
The NJ Department of Education (NJDOE) under Acting Commissioner Chris Cerf is gearing up to intervene in 75…
TENURE CHANGES SHOULD AWAIT OUTCOME OF EVALUATION PILOT
In testimony before the Senate Education Committee, Education Law Center urged legislators to put off changes to New…
NJ ED COMMISSIONER FAILS TO HELP IMPROVE CAMDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ELC Demands State Take Corrective Action under District Monitoring Law Education Law Center has put Acting Commissioner of…
ELC ASKS USDOE TO DEFER DECISION ON NJ’S ED WAIVER APPLICATION
Cites Glaring Omissions, Lack of Detail and Unanswered Questions In comments filed with Education Secretary Arne Duncan,…
ONE YEAR AFTER INITIAL REQUEST, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RELEASES RECORDS
ACLU-NJ sought names of outsiders who reviewed charter school applications on behalf of the state November 17, 2011…
ELC CALLS ON NJDOE TO DEFER AND REVAMP NCLB WAIVER APPLICATION
November 10, 2011 Education Law Center has raised multiple concerns about the NJ Department of Education’s (NJDOE) draft…
Wanted, No Education Experience Necessary: School Supervisors Serving NJ’s Most At-risk Students
State Proposes an Unproven, Two-tiered System of Superintendent Qualifications On the heels of imposing arbitrary caps on school…
IS STATE DELAYING RETURN OF THE BIG THREE TO LOCAL CONTROL?
COMMISSIONER UNABLE TO UPDATE LAWMAKERS ON STATUS OF STATE-OPERATED DISTRICTS Newark NJ — October 27, 2010 Earlier this…
STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STILL FAILING OUR STUDENTS
By David G. Sciarra, Executive Director There’s a lot of heated rhetoric these days about “failing” public schools….
ABBOTT GOES TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
School Daze A photo essay points to the inequalities in school districts. Friday, October 31, 2008 4:28 PM…