MAKING SURE MANY MORE NJ CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM HIGH QUALITY PRESCHOOL
Since 1998, when the NJ Supreme Court issued the first judicial directive in the nation requiring a state…
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE READY TO IMPOSE ANOTHER ROUND OF EDUCATION CUTS
Advocates are warning legislators that Governor Chris Christie’s proposed FY16 State Budget will force another crippling round of…
NEW HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REGULATIONS EXPECTED
In response to concerns raised by Education Law Center (ELC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of NJ…
ELC’S NEWEST PUBLICATION PROVIDES ADVOCACY GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENTS
Multiple Sponsors Make English and Spanish Versions of Manual Possible With the recent publication of “The Educational Rights…
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S 6TH BUDGET BRINGS NO RELIEF, MORE HARM TO NJ SCHOOL CHILDREN
Governor Chris Christie’s FY16 state budget once again proposes no increase in state school aid under the School…
NEW CAMDEN CHARTERS: 1st YEAR ENROLLMENTS RAISE RED FLAGS
Mastery and Uncommon charter schools, which opened in Camden in September, failed to meet enrollment projections for their…
HUNDREDS OF NEWARK CHILDREN STILL NOT RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES ON TIME
Only Slight Improvement in Last Two Years Under Court Settlement At least 350 Newark schoolchildren did not receive…
GOVERNOR RECYCLES ILLEGAL VOUCHER PROPOSAL
Governor Christie will try – again – to push through a program to divert public funds to private…
FUNDING GAPS WIDEN BETWEEN WEALTHY AND POOR NJ SCHOOL DISTRICTS
This school year, New Jersey’s highest wealth school districts had access to $2,850 per pupil more than poor…
NJDOE ORDERED TO UPDATE DISTRICTS’ SCHOOL FACILITIES PLANS
In a final decision issued January 13, Commissioner David Hespe affirmed that the NJ Department of Education (NJDOE)…