school funding

NJSBA Reports Status of N.J. School Districts’ Teacher Contract Negotiations

New Jersey School Boards Association just issued a report on the status of teacher contract negotiations in the state’s 579…

9 years ago

Deconstructing the “Narrative” of Newark Public Schools

There’s a new kind of fairy tale in the annals of those who denigrate efforts at education reform. It goes…

9 years ago

Welcome to N.J.’s New School Funding blog, “New Jersey Education Aid”

Here’s an official welcome to the new education blog in town, "New Jersey Education Aid."The author, who goes by the…

9 years ago

How to Level the Playing Field Between Newark’s Charters and Traditionals? Start with Empowering Principals and Teachers

Dominique D. Lee, the founder and chief executive officer of Newark’s BRICK (Building Responsible Intelligent Creative Kids), has a great…

9 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

John Mooney asks, "All the stir about the state’s plans to relinquish control of Newark’s schools has raised a collateral question:…

9 years ago

Throw-Back Thursday: Bob Braun and Jonathan Alter Debate Education Reform

Last August New Jersey Monthly ran competing editorials by Bob Braun, former Star-Ledger editor and current ed reform-basher, and Jonathan…

9 years ago

N.J. Charter Schools Receive Less Money From Private Sources Than N.J.’s Traditional Schools

This just out on NJ Advance Media:Researchers at the University of Arkansas studied 15 states, including New Jersey, and found…

9 years ago

State School Funding: N.J. is #4

From the Washington Post, which reports that "U.S. states’ education spending averaged $10,700 per pupil in 2013, according to the…

9 years ago

Hoboken Dual-Language Charter School Wins Fight Against Local School District

"We got approval twice already. They are not likely to prevail," she said. "We hope that the Hoboken Board of…

9 years ago

A Fourth-Grader Takes on Jersey City’s Charter School Funding Inequities

Here’s Louis Correro, a fourth-grader at Ethical Community Charter School in Jersey City, in today’s NJ Spotlight piece on N.J.’s…

10 years ago