APPELLATE DECISION AFFIRMS COMMISSIONER’S DECISION NOT TO RETURN LOCAL CONTROL TO NEWARK ADVISORY BOARD
In a decision issued today, a three judge panel in the Appellate Division of NJ Superior Court affirmed…
ELC’S LAWSUIT LEADS STATE TO RETURN CONTROL OF FISCAL MANAGEMENT TO NEWARK ADVISORY BOARD
But Goal of Local Control for Newark Schools Remains During oral argument before the Appellate Court on Tuesday,…
Seize the Moment! Wade Henderson Urges Educational Equity
Wade Henderson, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, was recently honored by…
NEW REPORT SAYS REFORM RHETORIC TRUMPS REALITY
April 23, 2013 Top-down pressure from federal education policies such as Race to the Top and No Child…
NJ DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S NEW SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORTS “SIGNIFICANTLY LAGGING”
April 22, 2013 On April 10, 2013, the NJ Department of Education (DOE) released their much anticipated, and…
NEW JERSEY REWARD SCHOOLS: REWARDING COMMUNITY AFFLUENCE, SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT
Last week, NJ Education Commissioner Chris Cerf announced a list of 57 “Reward Schools.” According to the NJ…
DAVID KIRP TO PRESENT HIS NEW BOOK ON SUCCESS OF UNION CITY SCHOOLS
March 7, 2013 David Kirp, noted author and professor of public policy at the University of California at…
RAC RULES CHALLENGED ON FUNDING, STATUTORY AUTHORITY
Advocates are raising multiple concerns about the NJ Department of Education’s recently proposed – and long delayed –…
ADVOCATES PRESS STATE BOARD TO EXPAND PUBLIC INPUT, SLOW RUSH TO DEREGULATION
On January 16, several dozen education advocacy organizations mobilized at the NJ State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting,…
COURT REFUSES TO DISMISS NEWARK LOCAL CONTROL APPEAL
In late November, there was an important development in the ongoing legal effort to restore local control to…