BROWN, ABBOTT AND NJ’S SEGREGATED PUBLIC SCHOOLS
STATE LEADERS URGED TO FULLY SUPPORT ABBOTT REFORMS The 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board ruling ending…
COMMISSIONER SEEKS TO EXTEND PRE-K TEACHER CERTIFICATION DEADLINE
NJ Commissioner of Education William Librera filed an application with the NJ Supreme Court on May 18 requesting…
STILL SEPARATE, STILL UNEQUAL
Trenton, May 17 — On the 50th anniversary of the landmark desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education,…
ELC CALLS ON COMMISSIONER TO ENSURE TIMELY BUDGET DECISIONS
ELC is urging the NJ Department of Education to issue final and complete decisions on Abbott district budgets…
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS CALL FOR FACILITIES TO MEET CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
Trenton, May 10 – New Jersey’s school principals find that their school buildings come up short in meeting…
DISTRICTS’ COURT WIN RESTORES OVER $90M IN SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS
ABBOTT SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS TOTAL $415.6M IN FY04 The Abbott districts’ successful legal challenge to NJ Department of Education…
MASSACHUSETTS COURT RECOMMENDS PRESCHOOL FOR ALL AT-RISK 3- AND 4-YEAR OLDS
In a ruling similar to New Jersey’s Abbott case, a Massachusetts judge, in declaring that state’s school funding…
COMMISSIONER URGED NOT TO CHANGE ABBOTT RULES
ELC CALLS PROPOSED ACTION “FUNDAMENTALLY UNFAIR” NJ Education Commissioner William Librera has announced he intends to revise the…
NJDOE ABBOTT PRESCHOOL STUDY HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO IMPROVE FACILITIES
On March 26, 2004, the New Jersey Department of Education and a consortium of university researchers released findings…
STATE BUDGET PROVIDES ONLY HALF OF PARITY FUNDING
SUBURBAN SCHOOL SPENDING TO RISE 6% ABBOTT FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN STILL UNFUNDED Education Law Center’s analysis of the Governor’s…