COST OF ABBOTT AUDITS SOAR
LEGISLATURE TRANSFERS FUNDS TO PLUG DEFICIT IN DOE BUDGET The NJ Department of Education will pay KPMG $10.7…
ABBOTT PRE-K IS NOT AN UNREGULATED PRIVATE SCHOOL “VOUCHER” PROGRAM
STRONG STATE STANDARDS YIELD HIGH DIVIDENDS FOR ABBOTT PRE-K Research continues to confirm that New Jersey’s investment in…
ELC ACTION RESULTS IN RE-ENROLLMENT OF ILLEGALLY EXPELLED PRE-K STUDENT
CAMDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT TAKES MEASURES TO PREVENT FUTURE VIOLATIONS On April 2, 2007, four-year-old J.M. was summarily expelled…
PHILLIPSBURG PROTESTS DELAY IN CONSTRUCTING NEW HIGH SCHOOL
UNDERSCORES NEED FOR HIGH COURT TO SET DEADLINE FOR MORE FUNDING A rally to protest the ongoing delay…
STUDY SHOWS ABBOTT PRE-K PROGRAM AMONG THE NATION’S BEST
BUT ENROLLMENT STAGNANT AND STATEWIDE EXPANSION NEEDED New Jersey’s Abbott pre-kindergarten program is among the top programs in…
EFFORT LAUNCHED TO PLACE BURDEN ON DISTRICTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CASES
Education Law Center is leading a statewide effort to mobilize New Jersey child advocates, disability rights organizations and…
STALLED PROJECTS, WORSENING CONDITIONS PROMPT SCHOOL CHILDREN TO SEEK COURT INTERVENTION
Newark, NJ – April 12, 2007 Children attending New Jersey’s urban public schools – mostly poor, Black and…
COMMISSIONER CHOOSES PRIVATE, CLOSED PROCESS TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR EVALUATION OF STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
WILL REVIEW BE INDEPENDENT, COMPREHENSIVE AND THOROUGH? On the heels of another internal “reorganization” of the NJ Department…
NJDOE REORGANIZED BEFORE INDEPENDENT EVALUATION
On March 7th, State Education Commissioner Lucille Davy presented a plan to reorganize the New Jersey Department of…
NJ SUPREME COURT ISSUES DECISION IN LANDMARK BULLYING CASE
On February 21, 2007, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its decision in the landmark bullying case, L.W….