Chatham School Budget: High Spending, Mixed Priorities, Slipping Results
Moving onto Chatham or, if you want to get fancy, the “School District of the Chathams’. It rolled out an eye-popping...
7-District ACFR Budget Comparison: Berkeley Heights, Chatham, Madison, Millburn, New Providence, Summit, and Westfield
We are very happy to present our 2026–2027 7-District Budget Hub, which features budget profiles for each district on our...
Proposed 2026-27 School Aid: How Berkeley Heights, New Providence and Other Nearby Districts Fared in New Jersey’s Budget
-Written by an Educator in the District On Tuesday, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill delivered her first budget address, which...
The ACFR Dashboard (Part 5): The True Cost of School Security
Up to this point in our series we took a hard look at using the ACFR to determine the trajectory...
Reimagining the “Integral” Curriculum in the School District of the Chathams
The following letter was sent to the Superintendent and BOE for the School District of the Chathams on 02/14/2026. Also...
What the 7-District ACFR Dashboard Shows About Special Education Costs (Part 4)
This is the fourth in a series intended to help families better understand how to hold their School District spending...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 3: Budgets, State Aid and Making the Numbers Mean Something
Budgets are typically not something that draws big numbers, but we’re working hard to change that. Two of our top articles...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 2: Schools, Rankings, and What the Data Really Says
In 2025, our reporting on education metrics continued to explain school data in a way families and residents could actually...
What the 7-District ACFR Dashboard Shows About School Costs (Part 2)
How Much of Each Per Pupil Dollar Goes to Instruction This is the second in a series intended to help...
What the 7-District ACFR Dashboard Shows About School Costs (Part 1)
This is the first in a series intended to help families better understand how to hold their School District spending...