November 20, 2009
Mr. Corzine left his audience with one plea, to embrace consolidation and shared services at the local level. He said the state’s population of 8.5 […]
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November 20, 2009
If we are to ultimately control the cost of government . . . we are going to have to deal with the issue of consolidation […]
September 30, 2009
What better advertisement for school district consolidation than the Pascack Valley area of Bergen County comprising four little towns, Montvale, Woodcliff Lake, Hillsdale, and River […]
September 1, 2009
That’s Gregg Edwards, President of Center for Policy Research of New Jersey, editorializing on a 2004 analysis from the Manhattan Institute called “The Teachability Index: […]
August 12, 2009
Two more Jersey towns are feeling ripped off by their school costs, reports The Record. Woodcliff Lake and Montvale in Bergen County want to withdraw […]
August 11, 2009
The Campaign for Educational Equity based at Teachers College, Columbia University, has published an analysis of each state’s application for ARRA school stimulus money. Its […]
July 31, 2009
School district consolidation recommendations are in from Morris and Ocean counties, but don’t hold your breath. The Star-Ledger reports that the likelihood of implementing the […]
July 27, 2009
Can we finally agree that a primary source of N.J.’s woes – both political and educational – flows from the legacy of home rule? Our […]
July 14, 2009
Governor Jon Corzine and Education Commissioner Lucille Davy are touting the results of a new study called “The APPLES Blossom: Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects […]
July 14, 2009
To permanently lower property taxes in New Jersey, communities need to break away from the sense of home rule entitlement that has gripped the state […]
July 4, 2009
Star-Ledger columnist Paul Mulshine has an answer to our question on why Corzine would eliminate non-operating districts five months before the gubernatorial election: No sense? […]
June 8, 2009
The stakes are high: if New Jersey doesn’t provide free public preschool to all poor children, then it has violated its spanking new School Funding […]