BEST PRACTICES: NEW JERSEY’S STANDARDS-LINKED PRE-K TO GRADE 12 SCHOOL FINANCE REFORM
Very few states fund public education based on the actual cost of giving all students the opportunity to…
ADVOCATES AND NJ SETTLE FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO ENSURE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES RECEIVE AN APPROPRIATE EDUCATION
EDUCATION LAW CENTER 60 Park Place, #300 Newark, NJ 07102 973-624-1815 DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY 210 South Broad…
EXPIRED SCHOOL FACILITIES PLANS PROMPT NEW ELC LAWSUIT
The ongoing failure of the NJ Department of Education (DOE) to put in place up-to-date, district-wide school facilities…
NEW JERSEY SLIPPING ON FAIR SCHOOL FUNDING
New Jersey consistently ranks as having among the nation’s fairest systems of public school funding. However, the latest…
WILL TRENTON STUDENTS GET NEW HIGH SCHOOL?
January 27, 2014 The press is reporting that Governor Chris Christie’s newly appointed school construction chief, Charles McKenna,…
SDA CONTINUES SPENDING SPREE ON ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD
Agency Fails to Start and Complete Construction of Any New Urban Schools in Four Years An updated analysis…
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE WANTS LONGER SCHOOL DAY AND YEAR AMID MASSIVE UNDERFUNDING OF NJ PUBLIC SCHOOLS
In his State of the State address today, Governor Chris Christie will propose to lengthen the school year…
NEWARK STILL NOT MAKING PROGRESS SERVING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
Nearly two years since the Newark Public Schools (NPS) agreed to a court-ordered Settlement to improve the delivery…
EDUCATION LAW CENTER WELCOMES SKADDEN FELLOW
The Skadden Arps law firm has awarded Jessica Levin a prestigious Skadden fellowship at Education Law Center from…
REPORT SHOWS OVER ONE-THIRD OF NJ URBAN STUDENTS IN UNFIT, DILAPIDATED SCHOOL BUILDINGS
NJDOE Calls Need “Enormous” But Fails To Publicize Report An unpublished report by the NJ Department of Education…