NJ Department of Education (DOE)

First Look at NJ’s 2011 School Report Cards

NJ’s School Report Cards, the state data base for student achievement based on standardized tests, is still under embargo. But…

13 years ago

Should NJ Keep Kids in School Til Age 18?

During President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, he dropped in a proposal that students should not be…

13 years ago

Groundswell of Approval for Moving School Board Elections to November

Yesterday there were 38 New Jersey school boards that had voted to move their elections to November. Today, just a…

13 years ago

NJ’s Urban Hope Act Divides ELC and NJEA

How pissed off is Education Law Center over the proposed Urban Hope Act, the fast-tracked bill that would (in its…

13 years ago

NJ’s Extremely Segregated Special Education System

Earlier this week I commented on Dr. Bruce Baker’s description of New Jersey’s historical preference for the “extreme segregation” of…

13 years ago

ELC Protests our ESEA Waiver Application

NJ’s Education Law Center has just released a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan requesting that NJ’s application…

13 years ago

How Peaceful is Camden?

The Courier-Post is all over Camden Public Schools’ failure to accurately report incidents of violence and vandalism. (See earlier story…

13 years ago

NJ’s Closing the Achievement Gap Task Force

The NJ Board of Education’s Closing the Achievement Gap Task Force has started meeting and will soon hold public hearings.…

13 years ago

How Much Do We Spend Per Pupil?

The Common Sense Institute of New Jersey, a libertarian organization that opposes current levels of government spending, has just put…

13 years ago

NJ DOE Releases Charter School Reviewers Names

This past March the ACLU-NJ filed a lawsuit against the NJ DOE to get the list of volunteers who reviewed…

13 years ago