school funding

NJ’s School Funding “Modifications” and Camden’s Public Schools

There's much fuss in Trenton over the Office of Legislative Service's report that Abbott schools are being short-changed by Gov.…

13 years ago

NJ’s Not-So-Fair Education Funding Task Force

Gov. Christie is taking a lot of heat for proposed reforms in school funding, including revising the way we tally…

13 years ago

Just How Much Is NJ Willing To Pay for Local Control?

My post this week at Newsworks WHYY is called "When Looking at School Consolidation, Let's Talk Money." How does an…

13 years ago

New Members of NJ’s Education Funding Task Force

From the press release: The New Jersey Education Funding Task Force will be chaired by Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle…

13 years ago

The Economics of Autism Education in New Jersey

That's the topic of my post at WHYY's Newsworks today. Check it out here.

13 years ago

Is It Time For County-Wide School Districts?

The Council of New Jersey Grantmakers thinks so. Its new report, “Facing Our Future,” looks at the “tsunami” of eroding…

13 years ago

School Funding Inequities in South Jersey

Check out my post at NewsWorks: New Jerseyans love to complain about their school taxes – and who can blame…

13 years ago

Legislative Committee Update

Capital Quickies has a scorecard on the reorganization of the State Assembly. Regarding the Education Committee, James Beach from Cherry…

13 years ago

We’re #1! (At Least in School Spending)

The National Education Association has released its “Ranking and Estimates of the States 2010 and Estimates of School Statistics 2011.”…

13 years ago

How Much Do We Spend Per Pupil?

The Common Sense Institute of New Jersey, a libertarian organization that opposes current levels of government spending, has just put…

13 years ago