NYC HIGH SCHOOL ADMISSIONS PROCESS RACIALLY BIASED, SETS UP SCHOOLS TO FAIL
Federal Civil Rights Complaint Brought by Parents and Community Groups Parents and community groups filed a federal civil…
SCHOOL FUNDING GAPS WIDEN UNDER CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION
As Governor Chris Christie proposes yet another year of underfunding the School Funding Reform Act (SFRA), a new…
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…