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Broad Foundation, 2006
The $1 million Broad Prize in Urban Education is the nation's largest award in K-12 public education. The Broad Prize is given annually by The Broad Foundation in the form of scholarships to urban school districts that demonstrate the greatest overall performance and improvement in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps among ethnic…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Bulkley, Katrina – Education Law Center, 2007
Most of New Jersey's charter schools are located in the state's poorer, urban school districts, or "Abbott" districts, and exclusively serve students from those communities. A number of other schools are located outside of the Abbott districts but enroll students from these districts. Specifically, of the 50 charter schools operating in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Core Curriculum, Poverty
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West, Carol Ann – Journal of Negro Education, 1985
A study of nearly 30 urban elementary schools indicates that school composition (including race and socioeconomic background, school social structure, and certain social climate variables) explains more than 83 percent of between-school variance in reading achievement and 65 percent in mathematics achievement. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
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Ritter, Gary W.; Lauver, Sherri C. – Journal of Education Finance, 2003
Analyzes impact of court-mandated school-finance reform in New Jersey. Finds, for example, that while the state's poorest urban districts have benefited from the reform efforts, systematic inequities inherent in the state's system of school funding have not been addressed. (Contains 21 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Johnston, Robert C. – Education Week, 2001
Discusses the court-ordered, multibillion-dollar infusion of funds to New Jersey cities for improving their school facilities and whether these additional funds will cause an urban renaissance. Some examples of New Jersey urban school facility needs are highlighted. (GR)
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
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Erlichson, Bari Anhalt – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2005
In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered schools in 30 urban school districts to adopt comprehensive school reform (CSR) models as a part of the long-running Abbott v. Burke school finance case. Five years later, the Court would relax that mandate, resulting in a major education policy shift as the New Jersey Department of Education formally…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Finance, Urban Schools, School Restructuring
Council of the Great City Schools, 2007
The Newark Public Schools (NPS) has been at the center of reform and improvement efforts in New Jersey for the better part of 12 years. The results of these efforts are both significant and frustrating. The school district has made substantial progress over the last few years; but it also has a long way to go before it attains the level of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Ponessa, Joan M. – Public Affairs Focus, 1990
Despite statewide standards, the accuracy of statistical data on dropouts reported by New Jersey schools appears to vary considerably from district to district. Moreover, statewide dropout rates differ significantly depending on the method of calculation used. Several different methodologies, which incorporate unverified information collected from…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Elementary Secondary Education, School Statistics
Gappert, Gary – 1978
New Jersey is unique as a State in that it has developed a set of objective criteria for defining its urban districts. The State Education Department has used these criteria to focus on the educational needs of urban districts. Organizational planning of educational aid to urban districts is taking place through three new initiatives: the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
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Skinner, David – Education Next, 2006
Newark, New Jersey, once called "The Worst American City," is a city that has lost 36 percent of its population since 1930 (from 442,000 to 280,000) and is now more than half black and nearly 40 percent poor. It is a city, reported the "New York Times," where "budgeting is a Rube Goldberg morass with a deficit…
Descriptors: African American Leadership, Grade 8, Grade 11, Mathematics Tests
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1984
New Jersey's urban initiative has two components. The first is a broad-based program that addresses critical issues common to most urban districts Statewide. The second is a comprehensive program (Operation School Renewal) that concentrates the State's resources in three urban districts. The concentrated initiative, Operation School Renewal, will…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Brizius, Martine G.; Gappert, Gary – 1976
The New Jersey State Facilitator Project of the New Jersey State Department of Education attempted to implement the department's urban education improvement plan. A meeting with urban educators was held to discuss the services available through the Facilitator Project and how they might best be provided to the cities. The project was committed to…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Reading Instruction, State Departments of Education
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Firestone, William A.; And Others – Educational Policy, 1994
Survey of 500 teachers of sexuality education in New Jersey shows differences between richer and poorer districts. Teachers in rich districts get more parental support and have greater access to training, colleagues, curricular guidance, instructional materials. Sexuality education is more likely to be required and is taken by more students.…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Equal Education, Family Life Education, Parent School Relationship
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Goertz, Margaret; Edwards, Malek – Journal of Education Finance, 1999
The New Jersey Supreme Court has significantly redefined the state's constitutional obligation to poor, urban children--providing a "thorough and efficient" education geared to a post-industrial economy. Measures have shifted from expenditures to provision of resources to meet state curriculum standards. The problem: ensuring adequate…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education
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Weissman, Michael – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2005
This article is based on a dissertation of the author that was centered on the process of developing a sport psychology program at the high school level. The program was developed to address academic, mental, social, and emotional needs of student-athletes and coaches. This sport psychology program, which was developed in the Linden Public School…
Descriptors: Sport Psychology, Urban Schools, High Schools, High School Students
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