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…
STUDY SHOWS ABBOTT PRE-K PROGRAM AMONG THE NATION’S BEST
BUT ENROLLMENT STAGNANT AND STATEWIDE EXPANSION NEEDED New Jersey’s Abbott pre-kindergarten program is among the top programs in…
NEW JERSEY RECEIVES HIGH MARKS ON NATIONAL PRE-K REPORT CARD
New Jersey received high marks for preschool education, according to the 2004 State Preschool Yearbook just released by…
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…
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…
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…
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…
DISTRICTS TO APPEAL RULING ON PRE-K FUNDING
Abbott districts will ask the State Supreme Court to overturn an Appellate Court ruling sanctioning the failure of…
NOT ALL ABBOTT PRE-K TEACHERS WILL MEET CERTIFICATION DEADLINE
NJDOE has informed Education Law Center and others that not all teachers in Abbott preschools will meet the…
NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL GROWING
Addressing the National School Funding Network on November 6th in Washington, D.C., Education Law Center’s preschool advocate Ellen…