Lakewood School Funding Case and What It Means for New Jersey Families
The recent decision of the Appellate Division in Alcantara v. Allen-McMillan (Docket No. A-2493-23), approved for publication on September 8, 2025, underscores a difficult truth about public education in New Jersey. While the court affirmed that the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 (SFRA) is constitutional as applied to the Lakewood School District, it also […]
Uncounted, Unenrolled, Unprotected: Legal Help for NJ Families Left Out of School
Public education in New Jersey is in crisis—but not in the way headlines suggest. Behind every statistic about learning loss or absenteeism is a legal failure: students not being found, supported, or reengaged by the very systems designed to serve them. In this guide, we explain how national and local data point to unlawful education […]