Madison Archives

Apr 28, 2026

Benefit Burden – How Rising Health Costs Are Reshaping Madison’s School Budget

Like with every other preliminary budget in this series, please keep in mind that the numbers Madison starts with here...

Mar 26, 2026

WARN notices signal potential job losses before they hit the ground and the impact is felt. Under Federal rules, employees...

Mar 25, 2026

Madison is next on the list with our top-level budget review, that District’s meeting occurred yesterday, and just like every...

Mar 22, 2026

We are very happy to present our 2026–2027 7-District Budget Hub, which features budget profiles for each district on our...

Mar 13, 2026

-Written by an Educator in the District On Tuesday, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill delivered her first budget address, which...

Feb 26, 2026

Up to this point in our series we took a hard look at using the ACFR to determine the trajectory...

Feb 13, 2026

This is the fourth in a series intended to help families better understand how to hold their School District spending...

Jan 12, 2026

Updated report cards also have “behaviors that support learning” for parents to gain a better understanding of the whole child....

Dec 28, 2025

Budgets are typically not something that draws big numbers, but we’re working hard to change that. Two of our top articles...

Dec 27, 2025

In 2025, our reporting on education metrics continued to explain school data in a way families and residents could actually...