State Continues to Fund School Projects in Suburbs, While Leaving Poor Districts Stranded
Newark, NJ – November 1, 2007 State support for school building projects in New Jersey’s high wealth and…
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…
COST OF ABBOTT AUDITS SOAR
LEGISLATURE TRANSFERS FUNDS TO PLUG DEFICIT IN DOE BUDGET The NJ Department of Education will pay KPMG $10.7…
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…
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…
ABBOTT CHIEF REFUSES PARENTS’ REQUEST TO ENFORCE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT REQUIREMENTS
NEWARK, October 11, 2006 — Parent leaders from Camden, Newark, and Jersey City were disappointed at the refusal…
ELC PUBLISHES NEW DATA ON ABBOTT SCHOOL DISTRICTS
The Education Law Center has posted profiles of each of the 31 Abbott school districts. The profiles contain…
NJDOE REFUSES TO RELEASE EDUCATION COST STUDY
ELC FILES SUIT TO COMPEL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Newark, New Jersey — July 18, 2006 The NJ Department of…