New Jersey’s Special Review Assessment: Loophole Or Lifeline?
New Report Calls For Reforming, Not Eliminating, The State’s Alternative Graduation Test Newark, NJ — August 22, 2007…
ABBOTT CITIES AGAIN REQUIRED TO PAY MORE FOR SCHOOLS
EXPLODES MYTH THAT ABBOTT DISTRICTS NOT PAYING FAIR SHARE For the second straight year, the State Budget requires…
ELC FILES SUIT TO COMPEL STATE TO EVALUATE ABBOTT AND SET PROGRESS BENCHMARKS
Newark, NJ – July 10, 2007 Education Law Center has filed suit seeking to compel the State Education…
NJ LEGISLATURE PASSES SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION REFORM, BUT WITHOUT FUNDING
Just before recessing for the summer, State lawmakers approved legislation to reform the school construction program, but failed…
FIVE NEW JERSEY ORGANIZATIONS AWARDED GRANT FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN
Newark NJ – June 7, 2007 Communities for Public Education Reform, a national coalition of educational organizations, recently…
STUDY DOCUMENTS FUNDING GAP FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING ABBOTT CHARTER SCHOOLS
NJDOE REGULATION EXCLUDES CHARTER STUDENTS FROM ABBOTT REMEDIES Newark, NJ – May 24, 2007 Students in charter schools…
HIGH COURT EXPECTS LAWMAKERS TO ADDRESS FACILITIES FUNDING IN FY08 STATE BUDGET
ELC CAN RENEW REQUEST FOR RELIEF IF LEGISLATURE DOES NOT ACT Newark NJ – May 24, 2007 In…
COST OF ABBOTT AUDITS SOAR
LEGISLATURE TRANSFERS FUNDS TO PLUG DEFICIT IN DOE BUDGET The NJ Department of Education will pay KPMG $10.7…
ABBOTT PRE-K IS NOT AN UNREGULATED PRIVATE SCHOOL “VOUCHER” PROGRAM
STRONG STATE STANDARDS YIELD HIGH DIVIDENDS FOR ABBOTT PRE-K Research continues to confirm that New Jersey’s investment in…
ELC ACTION RESULTS IN RE-ENROLLMENT OF ILLEGALLY EXPELLED PRE-K STUDENT
CAMDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT TAKES MEASURES TO PREVENT FUTURE VIOLATIONS On April 2, 2007, four-year-old J.M. was summarily expelled…