Desperately Seeking School Reform ; the Common Thread Is Confidence, Which Is Contagious.

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SCHOOL REFORM is not a hot topic in New Jersey these days. If you mention urban education, many taxpayers will laugh bitterly. They have paid billions of dollars in recent years to fund failing schools around the state, and they don't believe they've gotten their money's worth.

That's why the biggest target in the crosshairs of the property tax reformers is the court-ordered funding for New Jersey's poorest districts.

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Desperately Seeking School Reform ; the Common Thread Is Confidence, Which Is Contagious.

Thanks to two decades of court cases, Paterson, Garfield, Passaic, Newark and the 27 other so-called Abbott districts now spend amounts comparable to the wealthier schools, well over $10,000 per pupil, most of it paid ...

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