special education

NJ’s Special Ed Problem

The Trenton Times reported this week that Trenton Public School District will open an alternative schools for kids with behavioral…

13 years ago

Trenton Schools: If We Build It They Will Come

The Fiscal Monitor appointed by the State to oversee Trenton Public Schools has proposed that the troubled district shut down…

14 years ago

Why Do Charters Have Fewer Special Ed Kids Than Traditional Schools?

The Newark Council Education Committee met last night with group of stakeholders, including Theresa Adubato of the Robert Treat Academy,…

14 years ago

Do Charters Discriminate Against Kids with Disabilities?

Acting Comm. Christopher Cerf directly rebutted “myths” about charter schools at a State Board of Education meeting, according to The…

14 years ago

Primer on Christie’s Ed Reform Proposals

Gov. Christie's State of the State speech was widely praised as diplomatic if short on specifics regarding education reform. Here…

14 years ago

Leave Your Foreskins at the Door

The Asbury Park Press, as part of its series on racial disparities within New Jersey’s special education placements, zooms in…

14 years ago

The Star-Ledger Drinks the Anti-Charter School Koolaid

There’s a must-read study out from Advocates For Children From New Jersey called “Newark Kids Count 2010: A City Profile…

14 years ago

Drilling Down Disabilities Data

NJ Spotlight points today to a stock-in-trade assumption regarding the role of students with disabilities in a school’s efforts to…

14 years ago

Let’s See…North Star or Newark Central…

Everyone’s abuzz over Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s donation of $100 million to Newark Public Schools on the condition that the…

14 years ago

A Different Kind of Segregation

As NJ moves closer to a 2% soft cap on property taxes, the hard costs of special education are moving…

14 years ago