Other Issues
ELC STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF ENDING STATE TAKEOVER OF SCHOOLS
Published on: April 25, 2016
ELC strongly supports Assembly Bill 3637, which repeals New Jersey’s school district takeover law, and thanks Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly for his leadership on this pressing issue.
CONGRESS AGAIN FAILS TO TACKLE EQUITY IN REVISED FEDERAL EDUCATION LAW
Published on: December 10, 2015
The new "Every Student Succeeds Act" (ESSA) retreats somewhat from excessive high-stakes testing, but once again Congress has failed to confront the central problems that plague most of our 50 separate state school systems.
JUSTICE GARY STEIN JOINS ELC BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Published on: October 29, 2015
The trustees and staff of ELC welcome retired NJ Supreme Court Justice Gary Stein, who served with distinction on NJ’s highest court from January 1985 to September 2002, to the ELC Board of Trustees.
NEWARKâS NEXT STEPS TO LOCAL CONTROL
Published on: August 13, 2015
With recently released QSAC scores in hand, Newark stakeholders can keep the momentum going to return the school district to local control.
FEDS FIND NEW JERSEY VIOLATED ESEA WAIVER BY NOT HELPING NEWARK SCHOOLS
Published on: June 23, 2015
The U.S. Department of Education has found the NJDOE failed to comply with requirements of its ESEA waiver by not intervening to improve 28 low performing schools in Newark.
ELC URGES NJDOE TO IMPROVE BILINGUAL EDUCATION RULES
Published on: June 15, 2015
ELC submitted recommendations to the State Board of Education to strengthen the requirements for timely and effective communication with parents of the 70,000 English language learners across the state.
ENDING COMMON CORE COULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Published on: May 31, 2015
Governor Christe’s plan to replace the Common Core standards in language arts and mathematics while continuing to measure student achievement through PARCC tests implicates the connection between NJ’s curriculum standards and assessments.
ELC DEMANDS SECRETARY DUNCAN REJECT NJ ESEA WAIVER RENEWAL
Published on: May 19, 2015
ELC calls on U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to promptly reject NJ’s application to renew its ESEA waiver until the State removes a proposed exemption from federally-mandated interventions for low performing schools in State-operated districts.