The New Jersey Taxpayer’s Guide to Education Spending just came out with its most recent numbers. On average, the budgetary cost per New Jersey student
Today the New Jersey State Legislature will approve Gov. Phil Murphy’s $50.6 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins Friday, July 1st, about $4
New Jersey’s 2022-23 state aid distribution is another big step towards state aid fairness. Thanks to the addition of $650 million of new K-12 operating
The Jersey City Board of Education held a marathon meeting yesterday trying to balance the burden on taxpayers—the proposed 2022-2023 budget will add $2,400 a
Jersey City and Lakewood’s public school districts couldn’t be more dissimilar. The former, New Jersey’s second largest district, educates 33,000 students—a mix of Black, white,
During Gov. Murphy’s budget speech on Tuesday, one of the items that perked ears up was his announcement that state school aid funding would increase
NJEA’s officers, President Sean M. Spiller, Vice President Steve Beatty and Secretary-Treasurer Petal Robertson, released this statement Tuesday afternoon Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget address: “Gov.
To ensure that the school funding formula is meeting the needs of students in every school district, yesterday the Senate Education Committee approved legislation sponsored
Here we go again. Bruce Baker and Mark Weber (aka Jersey Jazzman) have another report up at New Jersey Policy Perspective and it’s a doozy.
Anyone who reads my commentary knows that I’m a proponent of school choice, high standards and aligned assessments, school district transparency, and fair school funding.