Hoisting Your Own Petard
Laura Waters
April 16, 2009
The Education Law Center released a report yesterday that shows that the State has disregarded its own spanking-new funding formula, the School Funding Reform Act.
Undermining S.F.R.A.
Laura Waters
April 14, 2009
Governor Corzine’s grand plan to provide all poor three and four-year-old children with publicly funded preschools is colliding with reality. Currently all young children in
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
April 8, 2009
“We’re trying to come up with a new way to distribute educational dollars not based on zip codes.” Governor Jon Corzine at a budget forum
Living in a Post-Abbott World
Laura Waters
April 1, 2009
Last week, Judge Peter Doyne announced a ruling that, if upheld, will change the way we finance the education of poor children in New Jersey.
Education$=?
Laura Waters
March 31, 2009
NorthJersey, in “Fixing Abbott,” applauds Governor Corzine’s School Funding Reform Act and Judge Doyne’s ruling last week that allows the State to fund poor kids
Sunday Leftovers
Laura Waters
March 29, 2009
Education Law Center Gets Another Loss in Their Column: The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled 5-0 on Thursday that the D.O.E. does not have to
Abbott Obsolescence
Laura Waters
March 27, 2009
The Star-Ledger Editorial Page is applauding Judge Peter E. Doyne’s decision that the Supreme Court’s 1990 decision Abbott vs. Burke II is obsolete. Here’s the
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
March 27, 2009
Courtesy of Alfred Doblin, Record Editorial Columnist: JON CORZINE finally caught a break. A Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that the governor’s new school aid
Corzine Gets Greedy
Laura Waters
March 26, 2009
The Governor’s Office just issued a press release saluting the Court’s decision on Abbott v. SFRA (see post below) and squabbling with Judge Doyne’s ruling
SFRA v. Abbott Highlights
Laura Waters
March 26, 2009
The full text of the Court’s decision is here for you stalwarts, but here’s a Cliff Notes version: Judge Peter Doyne, quoting from Abbott II,