ONE OF THE NATION’S HIGHEST ACHIEVING STATES MAY GO HIGHER
Commission Calls for Better School Funding Formula in MA Massachusetts leads the nation in test scores and is…
FUNDS NEEDED TO REPLENISH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
November 2, 2015 In a letter sent last week, Education Law Center is calling on Attorney General John…
JUSTICE GARY STEIN JOINS ELC BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The trustees and staff of Education Law Center welcome retired NJ Supreme Court Justice Gary Stein to the…
IN SMALL CITIES SCHOOLS CASE STATE AND PLAINTIFFS AGREE: 8 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE OWED $1.1 BILLION
ALBANY, October 29, 2015 – In court papers filed in the Small Cities school funding lawsuit, the Plaintiff…
NJ PARCC RESULTS RAISE NEW CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACT ON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
Statewide results of the new PARCC tests, released by the NJ Department of Education (NJDOE) on October 20,…
NEWARK SCHOOLS’ COURT MONITOR QUESTIONS VALIDITY OF KEY SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS
Special Education Verified Compliance Rate Drops to 17% The Court-appointed Monitor overseeing a class action settlement to improve…
NJDOE GRADUATION PROPOSALS PUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AT RISK
The NJ Department of Education’s (NJDOE) proposed high school graduation policies will narrow opportunities for students who are…
NJDOE Continues to Illegally Revise NJ Graduation Policies
The NJ Department of Education (NJDOE) is continuing its practice of revising high school graduation policies on an…
THE FACTS ON HOLD HARMLESS AID IN NJ’S SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA
Education Law Center has issued a new policy brief on the role of hold harmless aid – called…
NJ CHARTERS CARRYING SUBSTANTIAL SURPLUS EVEN AS DISTRICTS MAKE CUTS
An Education Law Center analysis of the most recently available, audited school budgets shows many New Jersey charter…