ABBOTT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL REFORMS TOUTED AS STATEWIDE MODEL
A reform program for Abbott middle and high schools can be a model of secondary schools statewide, according…
STATE SHUTS COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL PROVIDERS OUT OF FACILITIES FUNDING
State officials must move quickly to ensure that tens of thousands of children attending preschools operated by non-profit,…
PROCESS NEEDED FOR PARENTS TO BRING ABBOTT AND NCLB COMPLAINTS
The NJ Department of Education has no easy-to-use process for parents to complain that their children are not…
COURT AGAIN RULES STATE MUST REMEDY SCHOOL SEGREGATION
The State Supreme Court has reaffirmed New Jersey’s prohibition on school segregation, ruling that “racial imbalance resulting from…
ELC/NJIT UNDERTAKE JOINT PROJECT FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES LONG RANGE PLANNING
ELC and the Center for Architecture and Building Science Research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)…
ELC SEEKS ACCOUNTING FOR ABBOTT MANAGEMENT FUNDS
Education Law Center has asked NJ Commissioner of Education William Librera to publicly account for the $14 million…
KEY LEGISLATOR CALLS FOR REVISIONS TO ABBOTT RULES
Assembly Education Committee Chair Craig Stanley is urging NJ Education Commissioner William Librera to reconvene the Abbott Rulemaking…
SALEM CITY BECOMES 31st ABBOTT DISTRICT
NJ STATE BOARD STALLING ON OTHER POOR RURAL DISTRICTS On June 30th, Governor McGreevey signed a bill designating…
ELC BATTLES STATE ON BEHALF OF DYSLEXIC STUDENT
A.W., a student denied appropriate education services to treat his dyslexia for more than ten years, has reached…
HUGE WIN FOR ABBOTT SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS!
SETTLEMENTS YIELD $500 MILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS The Abbott districts have reached settlements with the NJ Department of…