Facilities Funding

If Montclair Spends So Much on Facilities, Why Are Its Buildings Falling Apart?

“If our main focus is to contain the spread of COVID this winter,” Arthur Samuels argued yesterday, “making kindergarteners eat…

3 years ago

Camden, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton Parents Join State Charter Association in Challenge to NJ’s Unfair Facilities Funding

This week, a group of parents from Trenton, Paterson, Newark, and Camden joined the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association…

3 years ago

What’s Good Enough for Asbury Park Students Isn’t Good Enough for the Top Brass: Asbestos, Anyone?

What is the Asbury Park School Board thinking? It’s awfully hard to tell and its nine members are not a…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Newark Superintendent Borrows a Slam-Dunk Play from Public Charter Schools

For certain New Jerseyans, a favorite sport is attacking New Jersey's public charter schools. One popular move is to lambaste…

3 years ago

JAMES: In Newark, Governor Murphy Was Our Guy—Until He Wasn’t

In my last editorial I shared my prayers for a safe return to school. But we need far more than…

4 years ago

Murphy Wants School Buildings to Reopen but What Happens if the State Can’t Repair Them?

This is the moment to start changing the way we think about schools in New Jersey. We can’t just keep…

4 years ago

New Jersey Gets Low Marks for Charter School Law

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools just issued its 2021 ranking of state charter school laws. New Jersey's charter…

4 years ago

New Survey: NJ Public Charter and Renaissance Schools Need $900 Million for Critical School Construction

Today, the New Jersey Charter Schools Association (NJCSA) and JerseyCAN released a report titled, Include All Public Schools In Facilities…

5 years ago