by Common Ground | Jul 29, 2016 | Snapshot
There are 673 school districts in NJ There are 2508 public schools in NJ More than ½ (50.2%) of the students in NJ are minorities More than 1 in 3 students in NJ are eligible for free/reduced lunch 15.1% of the students in NJ are classified as eligible for special...
by Common Ground | Apr 15, 2016 | Snapshot
In 2013, about ten percent of K-12 students in New Jersey were deemed “chronically absent,” missing more than 18 school days. Across the nation, an estimated 5 to 7.5 million students miss a month or more of school each year. In poor communities, truancy rates...
by Common Ground | Oct 6, 2015 | Snapshot
In 2014, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) received a record-setting 9,989 complaints. In 2014, OCR initiated 38 compliance inquiries, up from 30 in 2013. While the number of OCR staff dropped from a high of 1,148 in 1980 to 544 in 2015, the number of complaints...
by Common Ground | May 14, 2015 | Snapshot
Nearly 1 in 5 students with disabilities were placed on out-of-school suspensions during the 2011-2012 school year, a rate two to three times that of typically developing students. In North Dakota, 5% of students with disabilities were suspended statewide, while in...
by Common Ground | Sep 24, 2014 | Snapshot
IDEA requires states to offer formal processes to resolve conflicts arising between parents and schools. The use of adversarial processes, such as due process complaints, grew from the 1990s through 2005, but the use of these formal processes has declined since the...
by Common Ground | Aug 11, 2014 | Snapshot
Eight percent of computers in public schools in 1995 used for instructional purposes had Internet access. By 2008, that percentage had reached 98%.1 97 percent of teachers have one or more computers located in the classroom.1 93 percent of the computers located in the...
by Common Ground | Apr 22, 2014 | Snapshot
Seventy percent of children in the juvenile justice system have educational disabilities — the vast majority have emotional disabilities and/or Specific Learning Disabilities. Children with emotional disabilities fail more courses, earn lower grade point...
by Common Ground | Nov 4, 2013 | Snapshot
The White House estimates that the sequester will result on $85 billion in automatic spending cuts. New Jersey will lose approximately $11.7M in federal funding for primary and secondary education. 15,000 fewer students will be served as a result of the sequester 60...
by Common Ground | Jun 25, 2013 | Snapshot
In 2011, nearly 16,000 New Jersey children were enrolled in Head Start Programs, up 7% since 2007. Of the 91,832 New Jersey children enrolled in kindergarten, 74% attend full day programs. The number of children enrolled in full day kindergarten (67,627) rose by 9%...
by Common Ground | Feb 28, 2013 | Snapshot
One in four adults—approximately 57.7 million Americans—experience a mental health disorder in a given year. One in 10 children live with a serious mental or emotional disorder. One-half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14, three-quarters by age...
by Common Ground | Nov 12, 2012 | Snapshot
More than 88% of 2-year and 4-year Title IV degree-granting postsecondary institutions report enrolling students with disabilities.(NCES) Almost all public 2-year and 4-year institutions (99%) and medium and large institutions (100%) report enrolling students with...
by Common Ground | Sep 20, 2012 | Snapshot
School Completion Rates New Jersey ranks #1 in the nation in the percentage of students who graduate. New Jersey’s gradation rate is estimated at 87 percent, above the national average of 73 percent. In New Jersey, 69 percent of black students complete high...
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