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DO ABBOTT DISTRICTS WASTE TAXPAYER MONEY?
This myth has been in the news lately, but it’s as old as the hills. The problem is the State has yet to provide hard evidence of widespread waste in Abbott districts. Maybe that's because there isn't any.
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HIGH SCHOOL REDESIGN EFFORT NEEDS NEW DIRECTION
At the September 17 meeting of the New Jersey State Board of Education, Commissioner of Education Lucille Davy presented plans for "secondary school transformation." The core of the plan is a set
of mandated courses and "competency assessments" that would dramatically increase high school graduation requirements without providing the resources or increased capacity needed to meet the
new mandates. Critics raised a variety of concerns about the plan, including the following testimony from Education Law Center.
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POOR AND MINORITY STUDENTS TO STRONGLY OPPOSE STATE'S REQUEST TO END LANDMARK ABBOTT REFORMS
Students from New Jersey's high poverty, racially segregated urban schools are set to vigorously oppose the court motion filed by State Education Commissioner Lucille Davy to end further implementation
of the remedies ordered in the landmark Abbott v. Burke education equity case. Read More....

 
 
 
 
 
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POOR CHILDREN STILL NEED COURT PROTECTION
ELC filed papers on Wednesday with the NJ Supreme Court opposing the State's request to stop providing extra help for poor children and schools, as ordered in the landmark Abbott v. Burke litigation. Read More....

STATE PAYS TO BUILD SCHOOLS IN SUBURBS, SHUTS-OUT THE POOR
The Legislature will pay out more than $58 million for school construction projects in the upcoming State budget, mostly in the suburbs, while shuting the door on funding to rebuild schools in New Jersey’s poorest communities. Read Now....

 

ABBOTT IS BRIGHT SPOT FOR NJ POOR CHILDREN
Over the past five years, living conditions haven’t improved much for poor children, according to the latest Kids Count report released by the Association for Children of New Jersey. But public education has been one bright spot in this otherwise troubling picture. Read Now....