NJ’s Special Ed Problem
Laura Waters
August 25, 2011
The Trenton Times reported this week that Trenton Public School District will open an alternative schools for kids with behavioral problems. The program will be
Trenton Schools: If We Build It They Will Come
Laura Waters
April 21, 2011
The Fiscal Monitor appointed by the State to oversee Trenton Public Schools has proposed that the troubled district shut down Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School and
Why Do Charters Have Fewer Special Ed Kids Than Traditional Schools?
Laura Waters
April 14, 2011
The Newark Council Education Committee met last night with group of stakeholders, including Theresa Adubato of the Robert Treat Academy, Junius Williams of the Abbott
Do Charters Discriminate Against Kids with Disabilities?
Laura Waters
March 8, 2011
Acting Comm. Christopher Cerf directly rebutted “myths” about charter schools at a State Board of Education meeting, according to The Record. Contrary to claims by
Primer on Christie’s Ed Reform Proposals
Laura Waters
January 14, 2011
Gov. Christie’s State of the State speech was widely praised as diplomatic if short on specifics regarding education reform. Here comes the specifics, gleaned from
Leave Your Foreskins at the Door
Laura Waters
November 22, 2010
The Asbury Park Press, as part of its series on racial disparities within New Jersey’s special education placements, zooms in on Lakewood Township Public Schools
The Star-Ledger Drinks the Anti-Charter School Koolaid
Laura Waters
November 10, 2010
There’s a must-read study out from Advocates For Children From New Jersey called “Newark Kids Count 2010: A City Profile of Child Well-Being.” The report
Drilling Down Disabilities Data
Laura Waters
November 5, 2010
NJ Spotlight points today to a stock-in-trade assumption regarding the role of students with disabilities in a school’s efforts to make “Adequate Yearly Progress” on
Let’s See…North Star or Newark Central…
Laura Waters
September 24, 2010
Everyone’s abuzz over Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s donation of $100 million to Newark Public Schools on the condition that the State turn over control to
A Different Kind of Segregation
Laura Waters
July 9, 2010
As NJ moves closer to a 2% soft cap on property taxes, the hard costs of special education are moving front and center. See today’s