Federal education officials ordered New Jersey to restore millions of dollars in school funding cuts to as many as 81 school districts and charter schools.
Education Law Center says due to COVID, seniors in the Class of 2022 didn't have all the graduation testing opportunities promised in the past few years.
After five years of monitoring under a lawsuit settlement, 46 of 76 districts are complying with special education rules. To various degrees, 30 others aren't.
On the one hand, Gov. Chris Christie says his 2018 state budget proposal won’t include any big surprises. On the other, he's not ruling out embedding his school aid changes.
Lawmakers said that New Jersey has accomplished little despite running the schools for the last 27 years in Jersey City, 25 years in Paterson and 20 years in Newark.
More than one of every 10 seniors in New Jersey may graduate by having educators review a portfolio of their work, rather than by passing the state’s graduation exam.