Education Law Center

District Lawyer’s Salary of $700K Is the Only Thing That’s Not ‘Thorough and Efficient’ in Lakewood

In a blow for Lakewood’s public school students and a loss (sort of) for district administrators, Department of Education Commissioner…

3 years ago

The Big Reveal: This is Why the Anti-Choice Crowd Wants to Stop Newark’s Charter School Expansion

When the New Jersey State Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that seven public charter schools in Newark could go…

3 years ago

Court Upholds Newark Charter Expansions, Thwarting Attempt to ‘Kick Out Students From the Schools They Love’

Today, the NJ State Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding the Commissioner of Education’s 2016 decisions to expand seven high-performing…

3 years ago

BREAKING: NJ Supreme Court Upholds Expansion of Seven Newark Charter Schools

In a unanimous ruling issued this afternoon, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of the State Department of…

3 years ago

Bill That Would Protect Students With Disabilities Stalled on Murphy’s Desk

A month ago the New Jersey State Legislature unanimously passed a bill that would offer 700 students with disabilities an…

3 years ago

Education Law Center: New Jersey Education Department Under-Staffed and Overwhelmed

(This is a republication of Education Law Center's new analysis, originally published on its website.) A new Education Law Center…

3 years ago

MYTH BUSTED: NJ Education Groups React to New Boston University Study Proving That Newark Charter Schools Do Not Push Out High-Need Students

Study Showed the Opposite Was True: Students with Special Education, English Language Learners More Likely To Stay At Newark Charter Schools…

4 years ago

‘For Progressives to Step in and Tell Newark Parents What’s Best For Their Own Children Is Plain Offensive’

Tom Moran, head of the Star-Ledger Editorial Board, looks squarely at a lawsuit currently in New Jersey State Supreme Court…

4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Education Law Center’s Magic Elixir of Integration Won’t Help Newark’s Black Families

Today Chalkbeat has a piece dissecting a current lawsuit, pressed by Education Law Center (ELC), that charges Newark’s charter sector…

4 years ago

Charter Schools Do Not Take Money From Other Public Schools, Say Petrilli and Lee

What do Gov. Phil Murphy and Acting Department of Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan have against public charter schools? More specifically,…

4 years ago