school funding

Education Law Center Fights Newark’s Charter Expansion and Privileges Bureaucracy over Families

Last week Education Law Center (ELC) filed an appeal of N.J. Education Commissioner David Hespe’s approval of seven charter schools…

8 years ago

Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard on the “False Dichotomy” of Fixing Education vs. Fixing Poverty

"There is a tiresome debate in education as far as, 'Do you fix education to cure poverty or do you…

9 years ago

New NJ Spotlight Column: NJ’s School Funding Formula and Abbott Designations Are Fossilized: Time to Move On

It starts here:In 1991, two German hikers found a frozen body in the Otzal Alps on the Austrian-Italian border. “Otzi,”…

9 years ago

Trenton’s Special Education Secret (and one piece of its budget crisis): 900 Children Bussed Away Each Day to Other Schools

Everyone knows it but just about everyone is afraid to say it: New Jersey’s school funding formula is irreparably broken.…

9 years ago

Montclair Kids First to NJEA Sec/Treas.: “Our Town is Not for Sale”

A judge on the Essex County Superior Court ruled late yesterday that NJEA Secretary/Treasurer Sean Spiller is ineligible to serve…

9 years ago

Analyses and Reactions to Christie’s Proposed Education Budget

Yesterday afternoon Gov. Christie proposed his 2017 budget of $34.8 billion. (Here's the budget and here's a transcript of the…

9 years ago

Newark Mayor Appears Before City Council and Attacks School Choice

On Friday afternoon Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared in a closed City Council meeting (YouTube video here) and told city…

9 years ago

De Blasio and Cuomo’s Community School Strategy Could Waste Millions

This guest post is by Karim Abouelnaga, the Founder and CEO of Practice Makes Perfect, an evidence-based, full-service summer school provider…

9 years ago

Reactions to Gov. Cuomo’s Education Proposals in 2016 State of the State Speech

Yesterday New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave his State of the State address. Educational proposals include a three-year extension of…

9 years ago

Should Newark’s Facebook Money Been Used Solely for Charter School Expansion? New Data Too.

Today at The74, Richard Whitmire addresses the $100 million Newark Facebook grant and whether the money should have all been…

9 years ago