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…
NJDOE DELAYS RELEASE OF 2017 GRADUATION PATHWAY DATA
The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) is delaying release of high school graduation pathway data for the…
SDA DISTRICTS LACK FACILITIES CAPACITY TO MEET STUDENT NEEDS
A school facilities needs assessment completed by the NJ Department of Education (DOE), found that two-thirds of SDA…
ELC WELCOMES NEW TRUSTEE, CONTINUES STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH ETS
Lenora Green, Executive Director of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Center for Advocacy and Philanthropy, has joined the Education…