Special Education v. DOE

Laura Waters December 8, 2008

ASAH, the organization that serves private special education schools and agencies in New Jersey, is gearing up for a battle with the DOE over the

Educational Lemons

Laura Waters December 3, 2008

It’s a bad press day for our beleaguered Abbott districts. In Camden, an elementary school principal pleaded guilty yesterday to billing the district for more

NJASA Goes to State Court over DOE Regs

Laura Waters December 3, 2008

The Star-Ledger reports today that the U.S. District Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by NJASA, the union that represents New Jersey’s school administrators. The suit

Delusions of School Funding Fairness

Laura Waters November 26, 2008

Gordon MacInnes, a former Assistant Commissioner at the DOE and now a lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School, has a scathing editorial in the Star-Ledger

Ye Of Little Faith

Laura Waters November 25, 2008

The Asbury Park Press had an editorial yesterday urging the State to pull the preschool mandate, calling it “a misguided mandate that’s far too extravagant

Board Members Blast DOE

Laura Waters November 24, 2008

New Jersey School Boards Association had their Delegate Assembly on Saturday, including a panel discussion called “The Challenges, Opportunities, and Future of School District Regionalization.”

Tilting at Windmills

Laura Waters November 21, 2008

New Jersey’s noble quest to give kids equal educational opportunity regardless of economic circumstance skitters along. This quixotic journey, otherwise known as Abbott v. Burke,

Hot Off The Press…

Laura Waters November 19, 2008

The DOE just released all 178 pages of the second section of 6A, School District Fiscal Accountability, Efficiency, and Budgeting Procedures. Here it is for

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),