EFFORT LAUNCHED TO PLACE BURDEN ON DISTRICTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CASES
Education Law Center is leading a statewide effort to mobilize New Jersey child advocates, disability rights organizations and…
STALLED PROJECTS, WORSENING CONDITIONS PROMPT SCHOOL CHILDREN TO SEEK COURT INTERVENTION
Newark, NJ – April 12, 2007 Children attending New Jersey’s urban public schools – mostly poor, Black and…
COMMISSIONER CHOOSES PRIVATE, CLOSED PROCESS TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR EVALUATION OF STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
WILL REVIEW BE INDEPENDENT, COMPREHENSIVE AND THOROUGH? On the heels of another internal “reorganization” of the NJ Department…
NJDOE REORGANIZED BEFORE INDEPENDENT EVALUATION
On March 7th, State Education Commissioner Lucille Davy presented a plan to reorganize the New Jersey Department of…
NJ SUPREME COURT ISSUES DECISION IN LANDMARK BULLYING CASE
On February 21, 2007, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its decision in the landmark bullying case, L.W….
BILL REQUIRING EVALUATION OF NJDOE NOW LAW
NEXT STEP: PREPARE BID AND HIRE EXPERTS On January 29th, Governor Jon Corzine signed into law Joint Resolution…
GOVERNOR CORZINE PROPOSES EXPANDING ABBOTT PROGRAMS TO MORE LOW INCOME STUDENTS AND DISTRICTS
PROCESS BEGINS TO SET FUNDING FOR URBAN SCHOOLS Newark, NJ — February 23, 2007 Governor Jon Corzine is…
ABBOTT TEST SCORES HOLDING STEADY SEVERAL DISTRICTS FORGING AHEAD
BUT STATE NEEDS TO EVALUATE WHAT WORKS Newark, NJ — February 7, 2007 Analysis of the 2006 standardized…
NJDOE Directs Abbott Districts Not to File Instructional Improvement Plans
State Also Fails to Meet New Deadlines for Abbott Evaluation and Progress Benchmarks Just days before the February…
NJDOE MUST ADDRESS AUDIT DEFICIENCIES
MEETING NEEDS OF ABBOTT SCHOOL CHILDREN IS PARAMOUNT Newark, NJ — January 30, 2007 Education Law Center (ELC) today…