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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.

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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.

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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.

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NEWARK’S 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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