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…
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…