school funding

NJ’s Special Education Funding: A Canary in a Coal Mine

Let’s just call this Special Education Week. (Here’s my NJ Spotlight piece. Here’s my WHYY piece.). A story just popped…

12 years ago

NJSBA Precis on Christie’s “Educational Adequacy Report”

New Jersey School Boards Association just put out a short analysis of the Christie Administration's 2013 Educational Adequacy Report, which,…

12 years ago

Cerf Stomps on the Third Rail of Tenure Reform

From NJ Ed. Comm. Chris Cerf's just-released Education Funding Report:It is the Department’s hope that in considering changes to the…

12 years ago

Hurricane Sandy’s Potential Toll on School Funding

My post this week at WHYY's Newsworks is called "Hurricane Sandy's Toll on School Funding May Be a New Disaster…

12 years ago

Cost Per Pupil in 6 NJ Poor Urban School Districts

One slide from Comm. Cerf’s powerpoint at yesterday's Convocation (see post below) is titled “Education spending in high-need districts exceeds…

12 years ago

Impact of Recession on School Spending

The Education Intelligence Agency (hat tip: Joanne Jacobs) reports on the impact of the recession on school spending, based on…

12 years ago

Quote of the Day

"The Garden State stands out as a beacon of educational equity among our neighboring states," said David Sciarra, ELC Executive…

12 years ago

Quotes of the Day

Helaine Olen at Slate looks at a new rule in the Santa Monica-Maliba Unified School District which stops parents from…

12 years ago

Once Again, Willingboro vs. Moorestown

Per tradition, let’s compare the New Jersey School Report Cards of two Burlington County districts, Moorestown and Willingboro, which are…

12 years ago

Romney Needs an I.E.P.* on School Funding

The big education story today is Mitt Romney's “education platform,” which was unveiled, curiously, during a speech to the Latino…

13 years ago