school funding

School Finance Fisticuffs

There’s a bit of a contretemps boomeranging around cyberspace between Mike Petrelli of the Fordham Institute and Flypaper and Bruce…

14 years ago

It’s Not The Money

There’s two big education stories circling today: the NJ Supreme Court’s hearing on whether Gov. Christie’s school aid cuts violated…

14 years ago

Superintendent/Student Ratios

Everyone’s talking about superintendent salary caps. The Record reports that the New Jersey Association of School Administrators filed a motion…

14 years ago

Reactionary “Activists”

Bob Braun’s Star-Ledger column – “N.J. Activists, Parents Warn Against Promoting Charter Schools as Fix for Education System” is a…

14 years ago

Education Law Center’s Prism

Check out the new report, “Is School Funding Fair? A National Report Card.” Authors are Bruce Baker from Rutgers, David…

14 years ago

Corruption Are Us

As Gov. Christie and the State Legislature try to pull back the reins (2% tax increase cap, superintendent salary caps,…

14 years ago

Do We Pay Teachers Enough?

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Jack Kelly examines total compensation packages of public employees (teachers specifically) and private sector employees, reciting statistics that…

14 years ago

Factoring 2.5%

Seems like everyone’s still digesting Gov. Christie’s scroll of fiscal reforms handed over to the Legislature over the past week.…

15 years ago

How About That Pay Freeze?

Education Commissioner Brett Schundler has an idea: in the 58% of NJ school districts where budgets failed to gain voter…

15 years ago

Quote of the Day

From a Q and A with Education Commissioner Bret Schundler at a Senate Hearing, courtesy of New Jersey Newsroom:The thing…

15 years ago