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N.J. Governor-to-Be Phil Murphy Proposes Insolvable/Insolvent Math Problem to NJEA Members

Accept my apology, dear readers, for forgoing my annual rant about the NJEA Convention, which takes place in Atlantic City…

8 years ago

Is New Jersey’s School Funding Formula Broken?

The answer is an unequivocal “yes,” according to State Auditor Steven Eells, who just released a report detailing substantial flaws…

8 years ago

A Few Corrections to Dana Goldstein’s Slate Piece on Christie’s School Funding Proposal

Dana Goldstein has an article in Slate today called “Chris Christie’s Education Plan is Shocking.” While there’s much to like…

8 years ago

New NJ Spotlight Column: NJ’s School Funding Formula and Abbott Designations Are Fossilized: Time to Move On

It starts here:In 1991, two German hikers found a frozen body in the Otzal Alps on the Austrian-Italian border. “Otzi,”…

9 years ago

Trenton’s Special Education Secret (and one piece of its budget crisis): 900 Children Bussed Away Each Day to Other Schools

Everyone knows it but just about everyone is afraid to say it: New Jersey’s school funding formula is irreparably broken.…

9 years ago

Newark Mayor Appears Before City Council and Attacks School Choice

On Friday afternoon Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared in a closed City Council meeting (YouTube video here) and told city…

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

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

New Newsworks column: N.J.’s School Funding Woes Extend to Preschools

It starts here:The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) just released its annual “State of Preschool Yearbook” and New…

10 years ago