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…
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S UNFAIR SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN: PART III
THE GOVERNOR IS WRONG ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Governor Chris Christie attempts to justify his proposal to take massive…
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S UNFAIR SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN: PART II
THE RIGHT WAY TO CALCULATE – AND COMPARE- DISTRICT FUNDING The Governor is adept at manipulating the calculation…
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S UNFAIR SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN: PART I
THE GOVERNOR IS WRONG ON HOW MUCH DISTRICTS SPEND Governor Christie attempts to justify his plan to take…
CHRISTIE BUDGET INFLICTS MORE HARM ON NJ PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN
Governor Chris Christie again sent a clear signal to NJ lawmakers that he would veto any increase in…
STATEMENT OF DAVID G. SCIARRA, ELC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ON GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE’S SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN
The Governor’s school funding plan announced today is not only the opposite of fairness, it would spell the…
NJDOE DATA SHOWS MORE STUDENTS USING PORTFOLIO PROCESS TO GRADUATE
ELC PRESSES FOR MORE COMPLETE DATA The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) has released the first data…
STATEMENT OF DAVID G. SCIARRA, ELC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN “INITIATIVE TO FULLY FUND NJ SCHOOLS”
We welcome the Senate President’s pledge to fully fund all school districts statewide through the phase-in of new…