FEDS FIND NEW JERSEY VIOLATED ESEA WAIVER BY NOT HELPING NEWARK SCHOOLS
Newark, NJ – June 24, 2015 Responding to a complaint filed by Education Law Center (ELC), the U.S. Department…
NJ EDUCATION BUDGET: CHARTERS GET WINDFALL, DISTRICTS FLAT, NO VOUCHERS
New Jersey Democratic legislators released their budget today, with little change in public school funding from the budget…
TENTH CIRCUIT BRUSHES ASIDE WEALTHY-PARENT ATTACK ON FAIR SCHOOL FUNDING
On June 1, 2015, in a lawsuit where plaintiffs from wealthy Kansas school districts tried to use the…
PORTRAIT OF AN UNDERFUNDED NJ SCHOOL DISTRICT: EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP
Egg Harbor Township students and staff are currently paying the price of more than a decade of implementation…
FAIR FUNDING AND ITS EFFECTIVE USE
New ELC Article Explores State Obligation to Ensure Money Matters In March 2015, Education Policy Analysis Archive (EPAA)…
PORTRAIT OF AN UNDERFUNDED NJ SCHOOL DISTRICT: ELIZABETH
The progress and performance of the Elizabeth Public Schools have made them a national model of a successful…
ELC URGES NJDOE TO IMPROVE BILINGUAL EDUCATION RULES
Education Law Center is recommending that New Jersey strengthen the requirements for timely and effective communication with parents…
LATINO GROUPS URGE STATE TO SECURE FACILITIES FUNDS FOR FREEHOLD BOROUGH
The Freehold Borough School District has taken the bold and unprecedented step of filing a formal petition with…
COURT HELPS NEW JERSEY ON SCHOOL FUNDING FAIRNESS
But Slippage on Fairness Expected from State’s Pattern of Underfunding New Jersey has ranked consistently in the National…
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE WANTS TO HOLD CHARTERS HARMLESS, BUT NOT DISTRICT SCHOOLS
According to the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services (OLS), Governor Chris Christie is asking the Legislature to hold…