COURT AGAIN RULES STATE MUST REMEDY SCHOOL SEGREGATION
The State Supreme Court has reaffirmed New Jersey’s prohibition on school segregation, ruling that “racial imbalance resulting from…
ELC/NJIT UNDERTAKE JOINT PROJECT FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES LONG RANGE PLANNING
ELC and the Center for Architecture and Building Science Research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)…
ELC SEEKS ACCOUNTING FOR ABBOTT MANAGEMENT FUNDS
Education Law Center has asked NJ Commissioner of Education William Librera to publicly account for the $14 million…
KEY LEGISLATOR CALLS FOR REVISIONS TO ABBOTT RULES
Assembly Education Committee Chair Craig Stanley is urging NJ Education Commissioner William Librera to reconvene the Abbott Rulemaking…
SALEM CITY BECOMES 31st ABBOTT DISTRICT
NJ STATE BOARD STALLING ON OTHER POOR RURAL DISTRICTS On June 30th, Governor McGreevey signed a bill designating…
ELC BATTLES STATE ON BEHALF OF DYSLEXIC STUDENT
A.W., a student denied appropriate education services to treat his dyslexia for more than ten years, has reached…
HUGE WIN FOR ABBOTT SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS!
SETTLEMENTS YIELD $500 MILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS The Abbott districts have reached settlements with the NJ Department of…
Newark and Jersey City test scores rise
Strong gains are made in fourth-grade language arts and math Tuesday, June 22, 2004 BY JOHN MOONEY Star-Ledger…
DISTRICTS AND ELC CHALLENGE ABBOTT RULES IN NJ SUPREME COURT
ELC RENEWS CALL FOR SPECIAL MASTER A group of Abbott districts and Education Law Center have filed an…
NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT EXTENDS PRE-K TEACHER CERTIFICATION DEADLINE
The NJ Supreme Court ordered an extension of the September 2004 deadline for certification of all Abbott preschool…