Join ELC Executive Director Bob Kim and an expert panel on 10/15 at 6pm at Princeton University for the 4th and final Crossroads NJ Conversation: The Future of Housing and Education in NJ. Register: tinyurl.com/CrossroadsNJ2025-4@fundfornj.bsky.social
Our very own Executive Director Robert Kim will join an expert panel on October 15 at 6 PM at the 4th Crossroads NJ Conversation to explore housing, land use, and education policy in New Jersey. Register here: tinyurl.com/CrossroadsNJ2025-4#NJCrossroadsConversations@fundfornj.bsky.social
ELC Executive Director Bob Kim will join an expert panel on October 15 at 6pm at the 4th Crossroads NJ Conversation to explore housing, land use, and education policy in New Jersey. Register here: tinyurl.com/CrossroadsNJ2025-4@fundfornj.bsky.social
NJ’s special education funding model in the school funding formula leaves high-need districts behind. “Some are getting less funding if they have classification rates higher than the state average,” said ELC Research Director Danielle Farrie. www.njspotlightnews.org/video/rising...
Join us this Monday, October 6, at 3 p.m. ET for a webinar entitled "Research Evidence Against Dismantling the U.S. Education Department: How to Protect and Improve Programs for English Learners." Register Here: tiny.cc/7drs001
ELC Exec. Director Bob Kim to speak tonight about the federal assault on public education and what it means for NJ during an important OC/OS webinar. Register now: tinyurl.com/s35ejnvd
Don’t miss tomorrow’s Our Children/Our Schools webinar on public education in NJ and how recent federal policy shifts are affecting our schools! Speakers from Education Law Center, NJSACC, and La Casa de Don Pedro. Register Now: tinyurl.com/s35ejnvd
Publication note: don’t miss outgoing ELC board member Jamal Watson’s book, The Student Debt Crisis: America’s Moral Urgency, on sale now: www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc... Many thanks, Jamal, for providing invaluable support to ELC!
Register Now! Join Education Law Center virtually on Monday, October 6, at 3 p.m. ET for a webinar entitled "Research Evidence Against Dismantling the U.S. Education Department: How to Protect and Improve Programs for English Learners." tiny.cc/7drs001
Join Our Children/Our Schools on 9/30 at 6 p.m. for a webinar on the impact of recent federal policy changes on public education in NJ. Featuring speakers from Education Law Center, NJSACC, and La Casa de Don Pedro. Link: tinyurl.com/s35ejnvd
"More than 40% of New Jersey students live with an immigrant, the second-highest rate after California. And over 10% of K-12 students have a parent who is an undocumented immigrant."
As immigration enforcement ramps up under the Trump administration, fear and anxiety are rising among school children. It's not just undocumented students who are impacted, but entire school communities.
“It’s very frightening for immigrant students to be accessing public schools,” said Elizabeth Athos, senior attorney at the Education Law Center. “The world has turned upside down for these students.”
As immigration enforcement ramps up under the Trump administration, fear and anxiety are rising among school children. It's not just undocumented students who are impacted, but entire school communities.
Join Education Law Center virtually on Monday, October 6, at 3 p.m. ET for a webinar entitled "Research Evidence Against Dismantling the U.S. Education Department: How to Protect and Improve Programs for English Learners." Register Here: tiny.cc/7drs001
Transgender students, like all students, are entitled to safety and dignity in school. ACLU-NJ, ELC, and Garden State Equality submitted an amicus brief arguing that NJ policy provides protection without infringing parental rights: www.aclu-nj.org/cases/heaps-...
U.S. Dept. of Energy rescinded a harmful new rule gutting civil rights protections for women and girls. Public pressure works: ELC submitted strong public comments in opposition last June: tinyurl.com/3c9nksy9
Don’t miss ELC Executive Director Bob Kim on 9/16 at 2pm ET speaking on “Changes to the Federal Role in Education This Year” during the Committee for Education Funding virtual 2025 Legislative Conference. Register here: tinyurl.com/2czupkt8
With a New Federal Private Education Voucher Program and Continuing Voucher Expansion in States Around the Country, Advocates Need the PFPS Website More Than Ever! Check Out Recent Updates to the Research Section and an Important Fact Sheet pfps.org/with-a-new-f...
ELC Research Director Danielle Farrie explains that NJ is expanding preschool across the state with a reduced early childhood office, making it difficult to maintain the same level of detail and oversight as when Abbott PreK was implemented hechingerreport.org/state-presch...
New Jersey is far from reaching its 90% preschool enrollment target in high-poverty districts. “To us it’s a question of priorities." — ELC Research Director Danielle Farrie hechingerreport.org/state-presch...
Making up almost a quarter of the state’s population, it’s clear that immigrants are #JerseyStrong and #NJisImmigrantStrong. We stand with our immigrant neighbors and friends!
