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…
STATE RESPONDS TO ELC DEMAND FOR EMERGENT PROJECTS FUNDING
The NJ Department of Education (DOE) and Schools Development Authority (SDA) have responded to a demand by Education…
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S UNFAIR SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN: PART IV
Governor Would Decimate Budgets, Trigger Huge Staff Cuts in Poor Districts August 8, 2016 Governor Chris Christie’s so-called…
NJDOE’S PROPOSED GRADUATION RULES VIOLATE NJ’S GRADUATION STATUTE
ELC, ACLU-NJ Urge State Board to Reject Graduation Testing Plan Months after a lawsuit challenged the New Jersey…