NJ DOE

How Necessary are Camden Public Schools’ Staff Lay-offs?

Camden Public Schools' Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard's office issued a press release today describing the logic behind the district's downsizing of…

11 years ago

Trenton Charter School Boasts of Student Gains with Similar Cohorts

The Times of Trenton (sadly diminishing into a local version of the  Star-Ledger as the paper prepares to close its…

11 years ago

New Spotlight Column: Revamping NJ’s Special Education System

Everyone’s beating up on New Jersey’s special education system.Earlier this year a federal district court judge approved an agreement that…

11 years ago

Will Christie Cut Education Funding to Help Close NJ’s $807 million Gap?

NJ Education Commissioner David Hespe told the state Assembly Budget Committee that he “doesn’t know” if Gov. Christie will cut…

11 years ago

NJ School Funding Formula Collides with Reality

Both NJ Spotlight and the Star Ledger cover the discrepancies between  Gov. Christie's actual school district state aid, per his…

11 years ago

Lakewood Gets a Fiscal Monitor

Yesterday NJ Spotlight   reported on the sorry fiscal condition of Lakewood Public Schools (Ocean County). On Friday Commissioner David Hespe…

11 years ago

New WHYY post: New Camden Charter Schools Provoke Specious Allegations

Just up at WHYY's Newsworks:Is the opening of more charter schools in Camden City a cause for celebration or legal…

11 years ago

A Very Bad Week for NJ’s Interdistrict Public School Choice Program

It’s been a bad week for NJ’s Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, a highly-acclaimed program that allows students to attend…

11 years ago

NJ DOE Double-Dippers Amidst NJ’s Pension Woes

Speaking of salaries, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports on an investigation from New Jersey Watchdog that found that an obscure unit…

11 years ago

From NACSA: “Growing Great [Charter] Schools in New Jersey

This week the National Association of Charter School Authorizers issued a case study of New Jersey’s charter school environment called…

11 years ago