REFUSAL TO FUND STALLED PROJECTS PROMPTS ABBOTT COURT ACTION
Newark, NJ – October 2, 2007 Children of dilapidated and overcrowded urban public schools filed legal action today…
State Continues to Fund School Projects in Suburbs, While Leaving Poor Districts Stranded
Newark, NJ – November 1, 2007 State support for school building projects in New Jersey’s high wealth and…
KPMG: NJ ED DEPARTMENT HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS
ELC CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION A recently released evaluation of the NJ Department of Education by the…
COMMISSIONER ASKED TO DECIDE IF PLEASANTVILLE BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD STEP ASIDE
Parents and community leaders in Pleasantville are demanding that two Pleasantville school board members arrested on corruption charges…
New Jersey’s Special Review Assessment: Loophole Or Lifeline?
New Report Calls For Reforming, Not Eliminating, The State’s Alternative Graduation Test Newark, NJ — August 22, 2007…
ABBOTT CITIES AGAIN REQUIRED TO PAY MORE FOR SCHOOLS
EXPLODES MYTH THAT ABBOTT DISTRICTS NOT PAYING FAIR SHARE For the second straight year, the State Budget requires…
ELC FILES SUIT TO COMPEL STATE TO EVALUATE ABBOTT AND SET PROGRESS BENCHMARKS
Newark, NJ – July 10, 2007 Education Law Center has filed suit seeking to compel the State Education…
NJ LEGISLATURE PASSES SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION REFORM, BUT WITHOUT FUNDING
Just before recessing for the summer, State lawmakers approved legislation to reform the school construction program, but failed…
FIVE NEW JERSEY ORGANIZATIONS AWARDED GRANT FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN
Newark NJ – June 7, 2007 Communities for Public Education Reform, a national coalition of educational organizations, recently…
STUDY DOCUMENTS FUNDING GAP FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING ABBOTT CHARTER SCHOOLS
NJDOE REGULATION EXCLUDES CHARTER STUDENTS FROM ABBOTT REMEDIES Newark, NJ – May 24, 2007 Students in charter schools…