NY PAYS “USUAL SUSPECTS” TO RECYCLE “MONEY DOESN’T MATTER” DEFENSE IN SMALL CITIES TRIAL
In the final days of trial in Maisto v. State of New York – the “Small Cities” case – the…
BLACK LIVES MATTER: THE SCHOTT 50-STATE REPORT ON EDUCATION OF BLACK AND LATINO MALES
In February 2015, the Schott Foundation released its latest report on the four-year graduation rates for Black and…
NEW CAMDEN CHARTERS: 1st YEAR ENROLLMENTS RAISE RED FLAGS
Mastery and Uncommon charter schools, which opened in Camden in September, failed to meet enrollment projections for their…
HUNDREDS OF NEWARK CHILDREN STILL NOT RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES ON TIME
Only Slight Improvement in Last Two Years Under Court Settlement At least 350 Newark schoolchildren did not receive…
SMALL CITIES STUDENTS PRESENT COMPELLING TRIAL EVIDENCE OF EDUCATIONAL HARM
Albany, NY – March 3, 2015 – Over five weeks of trial, the student plaintiffs in Maisto, et…
PENNSYLVANIA GROUPS URGE COURT TO HEAR SCHOOL FUNDING CASE
Seven statewide groups concerned with the growing education gap for Pennsylvania schoolchildren are urging the Commonwealth Court to…
GOVERNOR RECYCLES ILLEGAL VOUCHER PROPOSAL
Governor Christie will try – again – to push through a program to divert public funds to private…
FUNDING GAPS WIDEN BETWEEN WEALTHY AND POOR NJ SCHOOL DISTRICTS
This school year, New Jersey’s highest wealth school districts had access to $2,850 per pupil more than poor…
NJDOE ORDERED TO UPDATE DISTRICTS’ SCHOOL FACILITIES PLANS
In a final decision issued January 13, Commissioner David Hespe affirmed that the NJ Department of Education (NJDOE)…
INEQUALITY IN NEW YORK SCHOOL FUNDING REACHES NEW HIGHS
A report issued today by the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), the Public Policy and Education Fund of…