LATEST EDUCATION NEWS
April 4, 2009
This week’s missive from the D.O.E. telling school districts that they could skip their payments to the Teachers Pension Fund (see here) is almost moot. […]
April 2, 2009
The entrenched system of home rule in our state is both a blessing and a curse. We simultaneously have the Jeffersonian ideal of hands-on government, […]
April 2, 2009
Is school district consolidation efficient or inefficient? Today’s papers give us both sides of the argument. First, the Asbury Park Press reports on a panel […]
April 2, 2009
The governor is proud he is raising support for education, but our public boards have not dealt with student achievement in the public schools, nor […]
April 2, 2009
Local school districts in N.J. got an unhappy surprise yesterday afternoon at 4 pm: an email from the D.O.E. informing them that the State was […]
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. […]