STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES PLACED IN NEWARK CHARTER SCHOOL RECEIVES NO SERVICES
The NJ Department of Education (NJDOE) has agreed to investigate whether Newark Prep Charter School failed to provide…
FINAL NJ BUDGET: CHARTER AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS GET MORE, NO INCREASE FOR DISTRICT SCHOOLS
Governor Chris Christie has signed the New Jersey State Budget, which includes education funding for fiscal year 2016….
FEDS FIND NEW JERSEY VIOLATED ESEA WAIVER BY NOT HELPING NEWARK SCHOOLS
Newark, NJ – June 24, 2015 Responding to a complaint filed by Education Law Center (ELC), the U.S. Department…
NJ EDUCATION BUDGET: CHARTERS GET WINDFALL, DISTRICTS FLAT, NO VOUCHERS
New Jersey Democratic legislators released their budget today, with little change in public school funding from the budget…
PORTRAIT OF AN UNDERFUNDED NJ SCHOOL DISTRICT: EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP
Egg Harbor Township students and staff are currently paying the price of more than a decade of implementation…
PORTRAIT OF AN UNDERFUNDED NJ SCHOOL DISTRICT: ELIZABETH
The progress and performance of the Elizabeth Public Schools have made them a national model of a successful…
ELC URGES NJDOE TO IMPROVE BILINGUAL EDUCATION RULES
Education Law Center is recommending that New Jersey strengthen the requirements for timely and effective communication with parents…
LATINO GROUPS URGE STATE TO SECURE FACILITIES FUNDS FOR FREEHOLD BOROUGH
The Freehold Borough School District has taken the bold and unprecedented step of filing a formal petition with…
COURT HELPS NEW JERSEY ON SCHOOL FUNDING FAIRNESS
But Slippage on Fairness Expected from State’s Pattern of Underfunding New Jersey has ranked consistently in the National…
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE WANTS TO HOLD CHARTERS HARMLESS, BUT NOT DISTRICT SCHOOLS
According to the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services (OLS), Governor Chris Christie is asking the Legislature to hold…