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…
EDUCATION LAW CENTER LAUNCHES NATIONAL INITIATIVE
MOLLY HUNTER TO LEAD EDUCATION JUSTICE Newark, NJ — January 15, 2008 Education Law Center (ELC) today launched…
KPMG: NJ ED DEPARTMENT HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS
ELC CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION A recently released evaluation of the NJ Department of Education by the…
COMMISSIONER ASKED TO DECIDE IF PLEASANTVILLE BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD STEP ASIDE
Parents and community leaders in Pleasantville are demanding that two Pleasantville school board members arrested on corruption charges…
COMMISSIONER CHOOSES PRIVATE, CLOSED PROCESS TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR EVALUATION OF STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
WILL REVIEW BE INDEPENDENT, COMPREHENSIVE AND THOROUGH? On the heels of another internal “reorganization” of the NJ Department…
NJDOE REORGANIZED BEFORE INDEPENDENT EVALUATION
On March 7th, State Education Commissioner Lucille Davy presented a plan to reorganize the New Jersey Department of…
BILL REQUIRING EVALUATION OF NJDOE NOW LAW
NEXT STEP: PREPARE BID AND HIRE EXPERTS On January 29th, Governor Jon Corzine signed into law Joint Resolution…