BUILDING FIREWALLS: PROTECTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE TRUMP ERA
By David G. Sciarra With the selection of Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary, Donald Trump has made good…
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS CHALLENGE USING PARCC TESTS FOR GRADUATION
Several New Jersey civil rights and parent advocacy organizations have filed a legal challenge to new high school…
ADVOCATES DEMAND STATE FUNDING FOR LEAD REMEDIATION AND PLUMBING PROJECTS IN NEWARK
Education Law Center and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), working with the Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) and…
COALITION WANTS MORE EFFECTIVE ANTI-BULLYING RULES FOR NJ SCHOOLS
A coalition of advocates has called on the NJ State Board of Education (SBOE) to strengthen proposed rules…
ICYMI: ELC’S 6-PART SERIES ON GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S UNFAIR SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN
Since Governor Chris Christie announced his proposal to provide every public school student in New Jersey with the…
PHILLIPSBURG HS NOW HOME TO 2000 STUDENTS IN STATE OF ART FACILITY
On September 8, 2,100 students in grade 9 through 12 were welcomed into the new, three-story, 326,000-square-foot Phillipsburg…
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S UNFAIR SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN: PART VI
GOVERNOR OUT TO DISMANTLE ABBOTT PRESCHOOL – A NATIONAL MODEL Governor Chris Christie appears to be on a…
STATEMENT OF DAVID G. SCIARRA, ELC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ON GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S NJ SUPREME COURT FILING
Governor Chris Christie’s appeal today to the NJ Supreme Court in the landmark Abbott v. Burke case –…
WILL GOVERNOR CHRISTIE BAN SUSPENSIONS, EXPULSIONS THROUGH THE SECOND GRADE?
September 6, 2016 For over two months, Governor Chris Christie has had legislation on his desk that would…
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S UNFAIR SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN: PART V
GOVERNOR TO OVERTAXED TOWNS: RAISE TAXES EVEN HIGHER OR CUT SCHOOLS Governor Christie claims property taxes will be…