NJ Interdistrict Public School Choice Association

03/11/2022

N.J. lawsuit says Interdistrict Public School Choice could help desegregate schools.

For years, New Jersey has limited a choice program that lets some students cross district boundaries to attend school. Will a court case over segregation expand it?

01/29/2020

Interdistrict Choice School Superintendent, Donato Saponaro, presents on the Success of Deal Elementary School due to the Choice Program! Forum at the National School Choice Conference at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City.

01/24/2020

https://njleftbehind.org/2020/01/a-nifty-fix-for-the-new-jersey-segregation-lawsuit/

Last week I wrote about a lawsuit currently before Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson which charges that New Jersey’s public schools are unconstitutionally segregated due to our policy of assigning students to districts where their families can afford the rent or mortgage. The endgame pressed by t...

01/24/2020

https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/01/does-nj-have-model-in-place-to-fix-schools-segregation/

Under state choice program, roughly 5,000 students already go to schools in districts other than their own

01/29/2018

Here is Governor Murphy's Transition Team Report on Education. "Report of the Education, Access, & Opportunity" by the Transition Advisory Committee. To read the report, please visit our web site http://njipsca.org/ and click on "News & Information".

01/28/2018

Although this is about Charter Schools, it presents itself as dealing with the why's of School Choice in general.

The Star-Ledger reports that the International Academy of Trenton (IAT), a public charter school serving grades K-5, is being shut down for failing to meet student academic and social needs: Kimberley Harrington, then commissioner of the Department of Education, in a Jan. 12 letter to IAT said the s...

01/10/2018

It was announced last week that, for the first time in 45 years, a New Jersey educator is among the four finalists for National Teacher of the Year.

She teaches at Ocean City High School in Cape May, an Interdistrict Choice School!

Amy T. Andersen, an American Sign Language teacher is receiving national acclaim for the life-changing impact she has had on her students. We’ll learn in the spring which one of the finalists is named the 2018 National Teacher of the Year.

CONGRATULATIONS AMY ANDERSEN!

01/05/2018

Another Interesting Decision by the NJSIAA!
Is it about students and schools or sports?

01/01/2018

For the entire School Choice Community - this is a case to watch!

12/15/2017

https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-black-students-need-white-peers-1513125052

A news report worries about the racial makeup of charter schools, despite their better performance.

10/18/2017

School choice means giving parents access to the best K-12 education options for their children. These options include traditional public schools, public charter schools, magnet schools, private schools, online academies, and homeschooling.

10/14/2017

Another good reason for Interdistrict School Choice!

Keeping out students who do not live in town is a problem for some districts, especially districts that are considered to have better performing schools than those in neighboring municipalities.