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…
COMMISSIONER SECRETLY CHANGES ABBOTT RULES
MAKES SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS DISCRETIONARY NJ Education Commissioner William Librera has again revised the State’s Abbott rules, this time…
BROWN, ABBOTT AND NJ’S SEGREGATED PUBLIC SCHOOLS
STATE LEADERS URGED TO FULLY SUPPORT ABBOTT REFORMS The 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board ruling ending…
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…