NJ’s Special Education Inequities
Laura Waters
November 8, 2011
The Record has a two-part piece (here and here) on a new trend among NJ school districts: serving students with disabilities within the public system
There’s No Armanis in Camden
Laura Waters
May 10, 2011
Today’s NJ Spotlight, Star-Ledger, and the Asbury Park Press highlight a veritable groundswell of wealthy parents and school district officials fighting the influx of charter
New Jersey Embraces School Choice (Sort Of)
Laura Waters
November 18, 2010
The Interdistrict Public School Choice Program (IPSCP), which allows districts to open seats to children residing within the same county but outside of district boundaries,
The Ethics of Ed Reform In N.J.
Laura Waters
January 20, 2010
With all the adrenaline hosed on Race To The Top (including our own), a pattern in N.J. is emerging amidst the spray: the 21 school
One of Those Jersey Lake Wobegons
Laura Waters
February 27, 2009
CentralJersey reports that teachers in Montgomery Township are lobbying the local school board to bring in a budget at the 4% allowed by cap. Why?
Princeton Prefers Not To
Laura Waters
February 6, 2009
As local school districts confront the DOE’s efficiency formulas which dictate how much we should be spending on everything from transportation to informational pamphlets, look
Slouching Towards Cape May?
Laura Waters
January 5, 2009
The Philadephia Daily News has a piece today describing a consolidation threat in the Cape May County school district of Wildwood City. Apparently the mayor
Supreme Court Rules for Abbotts
Laura Waters
November 19, 2008
The New Jersey State Supreme Court yesterday rejected the State Legislature’s attempt to declassify Abbott districts by enacting the 2008 School Funding Reform Act (SFRA),
Down on Skid Row
Laura Waters
August 13, 2008
The Trenton Times reports today on the trial of Priscilla Dawson, a Trenton Central High School principal accused of altering transcripts of 126 students who