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Alliance Sponsors Community Gathering to Promote Immigration Reform

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:04:03 -0400

The Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey (LLANJ) today officially announced its plans to hold a community gathering in Elizabeth to promote immigration reform on Saturday April 25, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 201-223 Spring Street at th...

Minority Clergy/Leaders Gather to Release "State of Emergency" Exposé on NJ Urban Education Reform Failure

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:57:39 -0400

Who: Reverend Reginald T. Jackson, Executive Director, The Black Ministers Council of NJ; Bishop Thomas Donato, Regional Bishop for Hudson County, Archdiocese of Newark; Martin Perez, Esq., President, The Latino Leadership Alliance of NJ; other ho...

Money for Nothing: We Owe Our Children Better

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:00:24 -0500

School Watch, Excellent Education for Everyone's education policy and finance think tank, today released its comprehensive study of the Newark Public School (NPS) system, Money for Nothing: We Owe Our Children Better. The study analyzes the true c...

Oral Arguments: Crawford v. Davy Appeal

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:49:40 -0500

Crawford vs. Davy, Docket No.: A-001297-07T2

Statewide Poll Shows 74% Support for Tax Credit Scholarship Program for Low-Income Students

Wed, 28 May 2008 10:52:58 -0400

For the third consecutive year, a statewide poll conducted by the Polling Institute at Monmouth University found an overwhelming number of New Jerseyans, 74%, support the establishment of a corporate tax credit scholarship pilot program for studen...

Community Educational Resource Network Announces Graduation of 14 Students

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:07:43 -0400

What: A graduation ceremony for 15 students who have earned the Home School Diploma after completing their studies at the Community Educational Resource Network. The Center was opened on December 21, 2006 after 27 families removed their children ...

Three New Jersey Families File Civil Rights Lawsuit Against the Elizabeth BOE

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:58:56 -0400

Two parents have filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Elizabeth Board of Education for denying their children a substantive right to free pre-school under the NJ Supreme Court's Abbott decisions. Under these decisions, free, full-day preschool...

Elizabeth Board of Education Sued

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:05:59 -0400

A class-action lawsuit has been filed today (4.9.07) under the New Jersey Civil Rights Act against the Elizabeth Board of Education. The lawsuit alleges that the Elizabeth Board has denied many high school students their substantive right to a tho...