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…
NJ MUST GET MOVING ON EXPANDING ABBOTT PRESCHOOL STATEWIDE
Education Law Center, along with a dozen other organizations, testified yesterday before the New Jersey Senate Education Committee…
AMICI URGE PA COURTS TO HEAR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CASE
State Says Courts Should not Hear the Evidence Harrisburg, PA – On September 18, 2015, several Pennsylvania organizations…
WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT FINDS CHARTER SCHOOL LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Olympia, WA – On September 4, 2015, in League of Women Voters of Washington v. State, the Washington…
NEVADA PARENTS SUE TO STOP NATION’S MOST EXPANSIVE VOUCHER PROGRAM
Several Nevada public school parents today filed a lawsuit opposing the state’s new voucher program, which became law…
CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES CALL ON DEBLASIO ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT DESEGREGATION EFFORTS ACROSS NYC
The Education Law Center, together with national civil rights and local community groups, is calling on New York…