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….
BILL REQUIRING EVALUATION OF NJDOE NOW LAW
NEXT STEP: PREPARE BID AND HIRE EXPERTS On January 29th, Governor Jon Corzine signed into law Joint Resolution…
GOVERNOR CORZINE PROPOSES EXPANDING ABBOTT PROGRAMS TO MORE LOW INCOME STUDENTS AND DISTRICTS
PROCESS BEGINS TO SET FUNDING FOR URBAN SCHOOLS Newark, NJ — February 23, 2007 Governor Jon Corzine is…
ABBOTT TEST SCORES HOLDING STEADY SEVERAL DISTRICTS FORGING AHEAD
BUT STATE NEEDS TO EVALUATE WHAT WORKS Newark, NJ — February 7, 2007 Analysis of the 2006 standardized…
NJDOE Directs Abbott Districts Not to File Instructional Improvement Plans
State Also Fails to Meet New Deadlines for Abbott Evaluation and Progress Benchmarks Just days before the February…
NJDOE MUST ADDRESS AUDIT DEFICIENCIES
MEETING NEEDS OF ABBOTT SCHOOL CHILDREN IS PARAMOUNT Newark, NJ — January 30, 2007 Education Law Center (ELC) today…
ABBOTT LEGISLATORS WANT OUTSIDE EXPERTS TO EVALUATE NJDOE
REJECT PROPOSAL FOR “SELF-EVALUATION” BY COMMISSIONER Newark NJ – December 11, 2006 Legislators representing Abbott school districts want…
REPORT FINDS SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH STATE’S NEW DISTRICT MONITORING SYSTEM
The Institute on Education Law and Policy (IELP) at Rutgers-Newark recently released a report evaluating the 2006 pilot…
DISTRICTS CAN’T APPEAL SPECIAL ED COMPLIANCE ORDERS TO COMMISSIONER
Commissioner of Education Lucille Davy has flatly rejected the effort of Lenape Regional High School District to have…