News Stories

2004 News Stories

EARLY EDUCATION (PRESCHOOL)

New Jersey Receives High Marks on National Pre-K Report Card (11/23/2004)

New Jersey Supreme Court Extends Pre-K Teacher Certification Deadline (6/8/2004)

Commissioner Asks Court to Extend Pre-K Teacher Certification Deadline (5/19/2004)

Massachusetts Court Recommends Preschool for All At-Risk 3- and 4-Year Olds (April 29, 2004)

Study Higlights Need to Improve Abbott Preschool Facilities (4/16/2004)

Districts to Appeal Ruling on Pre-K Funding (3/18/2004)

Not All Abbott Pre-K Teachers Will Meet Certification Deadline (1/20/2004)

K-12 PROGRAMS, REFORMS and FUNDING

Funding Boost Recommended for New York City Schools (12/2/2004)

ELC Issues Advisory on Whole School Reform (11/22/2004)

NJDOE Pulls Changes to Abbott Accountability Measures (11/17/2004)

Test Scores Rising in NJ's Urban Districts (11/2/2004)

ELC, Ed. Groups, Warn Task Force to Keep Hands Off "T and E" (11/2/2004)

New Jersey Leading the Nation in School Funding Equity (10/11/2004)

Abbott Middle/High Schools Reforms Touted as Statewide Model (9/14/2004)

Court Again Rules State Must Remedy School Segregation (8/25, 2004)

ELC Seeks Accounting of Abbott Management Funds (7/23/2004)

Key Legislator Calls for Revisions to Abbott Rules (7/19/2004)

Salem City Becomes 31st Abbott District (7/2/2004)

Huge Win for Abbott Schools and Students! (6/25/2004)

Newark and Jersey City Test Scores Rise (6/22/2004)

Districts and ELC Challenge Abbott Rules in NJ Supreme Court (6/14/2004)

Commissioner Secretly Changes Abbott Rules (5/26/2004)

State Leaders Urged to Support Abbott Reforms (5/21/2004)

ELC Calls on Commissioner to Ensure Timely Budget Decisions (5/11/2004)

Districts' Court Win Restores $90 Million in Supplemental Programs (5/5/2004)

Commissioner Urged Not to Change Abbott Rules (4/26/2004)

State Budget Fails to Fully Fund Parity (3/24/2004)

Supreme Court Rescinds NJDOE Cuts to Abbott Budgets (3/18/2004)

"Reverse Robin Hood" Funding Scheme Challenged (3/18/2004)

Supreme Court Fast Tracks Decision on Abbott Budgets (2/19/2004)

Abbott Districts win! NJDOE Ordered to Restore $124 Million for K-12 Supplemental Programs (1/25/2004)

Districts Press Appeal for Abbott K-12 Supplemental Funds (1/14/2004)

SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM

State Shuts Community Preschool Providers out of Facilities Funding (9/14/2004)

ELC/NJIT Undertake Joint Project for School Facilities Long Range Planning (8/17/2004)

School Principals Call for Facilities to Meet Curriculum Requirements (May 10, 2004)

New Report on Abbott School Construction Now Available (April 2004)

Abbott Districts Not Prepared to Revise Facility Plans Next Year (2/16/2004)

NJDOE Rules Neglect Preschool Facilities Needs (1/9/2004)

STUDENT RIGHTS

ELC Secures Education Services for LEP Student (11/23/2004)

Quick Action by ELC Wins Services for Autistic Child (11/2/2004)

Process Needed for Parents to Bring Abbott and NCLB Complaints (9/1/2004)

ELC Battles State on Behalf of Dyslexic Student (7/12/ 2004)

Coalition Urges End to Segregation in Special Education (5/18/2004)

Advocates' Guide to Student Discipline Rights Now Available!! (2/2004)

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