NJDOE URGED TO RESCIND CHRISTIE-ERA GRADUATION RULES
Education Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of NJ are urging the NJ Department of Education…
GOVERNOR MURPHY BEGINS TO FILL THE SCHOOL FUNDING HOLE LEFT BY HIS PREDECESSOR
Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed education budget for FY19 is the first in eight years to distribute state aid…
REPORT: SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING DELAYS GROSS DENIAL OF JUSTICE
Governor Must Address System Breakdown New Jersey Special Education Practitioners (NJSEP) has sent a report to Governor Phil…
ABBOTT PRESCHOOL AT 20: BUILDING ON OUR SUCCESS
A conference hosted and sponsored by ETS on March 14 celebrated the success of New Jersey’s groundbreaking Abbott…
JERSEY CITY SCHOOLS ARE NOT OVERFUNDED
ELC Policy Brief Recommends Steps to Address Jersey City’s Below Adequacy School Budget A common misconception about Jersey…
2017 DATA SHOWS URGENT NEED TO CHANGE GRADUATION RULES
Recently released data from the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) shows that in 2017 over 60,000 high…
MOVING NEW JERSEY TO SCHOOL FUNDING ADEQUACY
By David Sciarra After nearly a decade of flat state school aid under former Governor Christie, the State…
ELC AND ACNJ RELEASE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE ADVOCACY GUIDE FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS
A new advocacy guide, “School Discipline in New Jersey: A Toolkit for Students, Families and Advocates,” has been…
SPECIAL EDUCATION FAILURES IN STATE-OPERATED PATERSON CONTINUE
For a second year, Education Law Center is receiving reports that students with disabilities in the State-operated Paterson…
NJ LEGISLATURE POISED TO HAND OVER CAMDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO OUT-OF-STATE CHARTER CHAINS
A NJ Senate bill pending in the lame duck legislative session would allow the State-operated Camden district to…