Rethinking School Funding

Laura Waters January 28, 2011

We’ll take it on faith that the reporter for this Trenton Times story didn’t write the headline – “School Districts Sitting on Millions.” The bucks

Updating the Abbott Canon

Laura Waters January 3, 2011

Here’s a quote from a book review yesterday of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eugene Robinson’s “Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America.” According to reviewer Raymond Arsenault,

NJ Fisticuffs

Laura Waters July 9, 2010

Senator Dick Codey narrowly averted a boxing match between Senator Mike Doherty and Senator Ray Lesniak when he thrust himself between them as they inveighed

ELC Tilts at Windmills

Laura Waters June 9, 2010

To no one’s surprise, the Education Law Center filed suit yesterday in NJ Supreme Court charging that the Christie Administration is violating the 2008 School

Educate the Assembly

Laura Waters April 26, 2010

Some big-name coverage today of the kerfuffle between NJEA’s leadership and Gov. Christie over unsustainable school costs and the high incidence of school budget defeats

Christie’s “Seismic Shift”

Laura Waters April 22, 2010

NJEA and Education Law Center, cozy as two peas in a pod, have twin press releases out, both regarding this report out from the Office

Judge Wallace and School Funding

Laura Waters April 12, 2010

Here in Jersey all jural eyes are on the looming question of whether Gov. Christie will grant tenure to Justice John E. Wallace Jr., whose

SFRA as Gold Doubloon

Laura Waters April 1, 2010

Excuse the self-indulgent literary reference, but we just can’t help ourselves. The much-heralded/hated School Funding Reform Act, Gov. Corzine’s formula intended to more fairly equalize

Divining Christie’s Fiscal Strategy

Laura Waters March 31, 2010

When Gov. Christie slashed $819 million in state school aid on March 16th he wasn’t simply trying to balance a budget. In one fell swoop,