school funding

Newsflash: Bruce Baker Analyzes Charter School Expansion and I’m Impressed

I am typically a fierce critic of Professor Bruce Baker but this week I find myself in the delightful position…

8 years ago

N.J. Governor-to-Be Phil Murphy Proposes Insolvable/Insolvent Math Problem to NJEA Members

Accept my apology, dear readers, for forgoing my annual rant about the NJEA Convention, which takes place in Atlantic City…

8 years ago

Is New Jersey’s School Funding Formula Broken?

The answer is an unequivocal “yes,” according to State Auditor Steven Eells, who just released a report detailing substantial flaws…

8 years ago

Here’s Why New Jersey’s School Aid Formula is Broken

Today the Star-Ledger marvels over the new Phillipsburg High School building, a "sprawling 326,000-square-foot school built atop a hill off…

8 years ago

What Was Christie’s Real Motive in Proposing a Radical — and Unpassable — School Funding Plan?

In just the last week New York and New Jersey residents were confronted with some hard facts about K-12 student…

8 years ago

A Few Corrections to Dana Goldstein’s Slate Piece on Christie’s School Funding Proposal

Dana Goldstein has an article in Slate today called “Chris Christie’s Education Plan is Shocking.” While there’s much to like…

8 years ago

Under Christie’s School Funding Plan, State School Aid to His Home Town Would Increase by 1335%

In today's Record, Charles Stile reflects on Gov. Christie's proposal to place a referendum on the 2017 November ballot to…

8 years ago

Parsing NJEA’s Tax Filings & Considering NJ’s Fiscal State if Christie Wasn’t Governor

Jeff Bennett at New Jersey Education Aid asks this question: if Jon Corzine had won another term or Barbara Buono had…

8 years ago

New York Times Hails Jersey City as the New Hot Spot; Extra Bonus: Those Million Dollar Homes Come with Free Pre-School

The Sunday edition of the New York Times always has a real estate section with a column called “Living In,”…

8 years ago

Christie Blames the N.J. Superintendent Cap on Teacher Unions and Says He’ll Think About it Another Day

Back in 2010 N.J. Governor Chris Christie "pretty much unilaterally,"reports today's N.J. Spotlight,  imposed a salary cap on school superintendents:…

8 years ago