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On today’s program we speak with CoNECT's founder and director Jessica Bauer Walker about the growing need to address the disproportionate rate of out-of-school suspensions in the Buffalo school system. Jessica is joined by her daughter, Serea, and fellow CoNECT staff member, Khadijah Hussein, to talk about the \“Solutions not Suspensions\” bill and what their group is doing to better tackle our students’ needs.

The state agency that builds new schools and renovates old ones is running out of money. The Legislature has not provided a steady funding source.

In this three-part series NorthJersey.com looks at the struggles students and staff face in the Paterson district, and how to tackle its crises.

While their beauty can still shine through, Paterson's old schools also have myriad problems that prevent students from performing at their best.

The nonprofit Education Law Center has asked the court to force the state to fund school construction in NJ's poorest urban schools.