school funding

Continuing the Conversation with Steve Danley

Thank you, Professor Steve Danley, for generously continuing our conversation about Camden Public Schools. These exchanges  are invaluable for dismantling…

9 years ago

Two Members of NJ’s Special Education Task Force Decry Lack of Input and Substance

Three years ago in January 2013 NJ Senators Jennifer Beck and Teresa Ruiz sponsored a bill to create a Task…

9 years ago

N.J.’s School Funding Formula Is Broken, and Not Just for Children with Disabilities

New Jersey’s legislated school funding formula, the 2008 School Funding Reform Act, is a hot mess. In fact, many people…

9 years ago

QOD: Chris Cerf Discusses School Funding Gaps in Newark While Praising Charter Schools for “Beating the Odds”

Yesterday Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf gave his annual report to the N.J. State Board of Education and, according to the…

9 years ago

When Complex School Systems Fail

Emmanuel Felton at Hechinger reports on the the resignation of Chris Barbic from his position of superintendent of Tennessee’s Achievement…

9 years ago

Is Forty Years Long Enough to Improve a New York City School?

Chalkbeat reports on the status of 150 New York public schools, including 62 in New York City, that have been…

9 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

Preschool Update: W. Steven Barnett, director of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University, opines in NJ…

9 years ago

Fact-Checking Education Law Center

Education Law Center is back on the charter-hating trail again as it determinedly battles impoverished parents in long-failing districts who…

9 years ago

Where Did All That Facebook Money Go in Newark?

The Star-Ledger asks, “where did that $200 million to Newark Public Schools go?”The biggest chunk, 44.6%, went to labor and…

9 years ago

Lakewood School Board Sues Fiscal Monitor

Department of Dysfunction: the Asbury Park Press reports that the Lakewood School Board is suing its fiscal monitor Michael Azzara…

9 years ago