home rule

Home Rule’s “Mea Culpa”

Blame it on the economy. Blame it on past practices. Blame it on budget-balancing gimmicks. Blame it on unfunded pension…

16 years ago

Does Home Rule Drive Our Economy Ills?

The Star-Ledger Editorial Board weighs in on the impact of home rule on NJ's tanking economy:State cuts must be made.…

16 years ago

Does “J” stand for Janus?

The Abbott districts are not the only group fighting against the State’s School Funding Reform Act, which would replace special…

16 years ago

One of Those Jersey Lake Wobegons

CentralJersey reports that teachers in Montgomery Township are lobbying the local school board to bring in a budget at the…

16 years ago

SFRA Update

Star-Ledger columnist Bob Braun updates us on the State Funding Reform Act hearings, which should finish up this week. Justice…

16 years ago

Musical Chairs in Willingboro

What happens when a school gets flagged enough times by the NCLB watchdogs to merit the dreaded sanction “Implement Restructuring…

16 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

NJSBA Gets Gob-Smacked:Princeton School Board member Joshua Leinsdorf blasts NJSBA as a money-gobbling lobbying group that stymies minority involvement. He…

16 years ago

Stale Doughnuts

The Star-Ledger reports on a bill making its way through the Assembly that would force N.J.’s dozen “doughnut” municipalities to…

16 years ago

Princeton Prefers Not To

As local school districts confront the DOE’s efficiency formulas which dictate how much we should be spending on everything from…

16 years ago

Gusciora Takes on Home Rule

George Amick of the Trenton Times has a good piece today depicting the playground politics underway between Assemblyman Reed Gusciora…

16 years ago