Home Rule’s “Mea Culpa”
Laura Waters
March 11, 2009
Blame it on the economy. Blame it on past practices. Blame it on budget-balancing gimmicks. Blame it on unfunded pension liabilities. Whoever and whatever you
Does Home Rule Drive Our Economy Ills?
Laura Waters
March 9, 2009
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board weighs in on the impact of home rule on NJ’s tanking economy: State cuts must be made. To his credit, Corzine
Does “J” stand for Janus?
Laura Waters
March 3, 2009
The Abbott districts are not the only group fighting against the State’s School Funding Reform Act, which would replace special funding to 31 pre-designated poor
One of Those Jersey Lake Wobegons
Laura Waters
February 27, 2009
CentralJersey reports that teachers in Montgomery Township are lobbying the local school board to bring in a budget at the 4% allowed by cap. Why?
SFRA Update
Laura Waters
February 25, 2009
Star-Ledger columnist Bob Braun updates us on the State Funding Reform Act hearings, which should finish up this week. Justice Peter Doyne gets to decide
Musical Chairs in Willingboro
Laura Waters
February 24, 2009
What happens when a school gets flagged enough times by the NCLB watchdogs to merit the dreaded sanction “Implement Restructuring Plan?” It’s happening in Willingboro
Sunday Leftovers
Laura Waters
February 22, 2009
NJSBA Gets Gob-Smacked: Princeton School Board member Joshua Leinsdorf blasts NJSBA as a money-gobbling lobbying group that stymies minority involvement. He writes in the Trenton
Stale Doughnuts
Laura Waters
February 12, 2009
The Star-Ledger reports on a bill making its way through the Assembly that would force N.J.’s dozen “doughnut” municipalities to merge. Doughnuts are small towns
Princeton Prefers Not To
Laura Waters
February 6, 2009
As local school districts confront the DOE’s efficiency formulas which dictate how much we should be spending on everything from transportation to informational pamphlets, look
Gusciora Takes on Home Rule
Laura Waters
February 2, 2009
George Amick of the Trenton Times has a good piece today depicting the playground politics underway between Assemblyman Reed Gusciora of Princeton Borough and the