ADVOCATES TELL NJ ANTI-BULLYING TASK FORCE THAT FURTHER REFORM IS NEEDED
On April 11, 2013, New Jersey Special Education Practitioners (NJSEP), with the support of Education Law Center (ELC)…
NEW REPORT SAYS REFORM RHETORIC TRUMPS REALITY
April 23, 2013 Top-down pressure from federal education policies such as Race to the Top and No Child…
NJ DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S NEW SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORTS “SIGNIFICANTLY LAGGING”
April 22, 2013 On April 10, 2013, the NJ Department of Education (DOE) released their much anticipated, and…
CHRISTIE’S FAILURE TO FUND THE FORMULA FOUR YEARS RUNNING
Schools Could be Underfunded by $1.2 billion in FY14 Governor Christie’s proposed FY14 school aid budget drastically underfunds…
CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION’S STEALTH TAX WIPES OUT SCHOOL AID INCREASES
Governor Christie’s proposed FY14 State Budget contains a special “assessment” or tax on 493 school districts that wipes…
STATE-OPERATED NEWARK SCHOOLS FACE STAGGERING $57 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT
The State-operated Newark school district is facing a projected $57 million budget shortfall for the 2013-14 school year,…
NJ DISTRICTS STILL REELING FROM GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S $1 BILLION FUNDING CUT IN FY11
The vast majority of NJ school districts have yet to recover from Governor Christie’s $1.1 billion cut in…
COURT REJECTS COMMISSIONER’S DECISION TO ALLOW CHARTERS TO CARRY EXCESS SURPLUS FUNDS
A New Jersey Appeals Court has ordered Commissioner of Education Christopher Cerf to reconsider the claim of the…
GOVERNOR’S VOUCHER PROPOSAL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL LOGROLLING
Governor Christie’s attempt to enact a program to use public funds for private school vouchers in the FY14…
SPECIAL EDUCATION IN NEWARK: SOME PROGRESS BUT A LONG WAY TO GO
One year after Newark Public Schools (NPS) signed a historic Settlement Agreement to improve the delivery of special…