consolidation

NIMBY

This past Friday New Jersey School Boards Association hosted a conference in conjunction with the Policy Research Institute for the…

16 years ago

How About We Consolidate with Pennsylvania?

The concept of consolidating school districts in New Jersey seems to incite either enthusiasm or vitriol. The efficiency-obsessed policy wonks…

16 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

More School Cuts:With State revenues down substantially – 7% in most categories – Corzine is including mid-year cuts in his…

16 years ago

Salvaging the DOE

As the new data from the N.J. State Report Cards makes the rounds, the DOE is caught in the unenviable…

16 years ago

Consolidation for Dummies

New Jersey School Boards Association has a handy cheat sheet available on potential consolidations of school districts. Though there is…

16 years ago

The Merger Macarena

As districts face the music generated by the DOE’s mandate on school consolidation, a predictable pattern is emerging: first, murmur…

16 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

Paul Mulshine bemoans the cost per pupil of education in N.J.. From today’s Star-Ledger:I discussed this the other day with…

16 years ago

What’s Another School District?

For a great example of the challenges inherent in consolidation of local school districts, look to Oradell’s campaign to withdraw…

16 years ago

The Consolidation Cha-Cha

Now that Executive County Superintendents have been ordered by the DOE to issue reports by March 2010 for consolidation of…

16 years ago

Somerset Hills/Bedminster Merger?

In a lukewarm try at consolidation, Somerset Hills (2,100 kids K-12) and Bedminster (600 kids, K-8) are looking once again…

16 years ago