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NJ Passes Tenure Reform: Now What?

That’s the topic of my post today at WHYY’s Newsworks:

Talk about group hugs: this past Monday, in a vignette difficult to imagine mere months ago, Gov. Christie, the presidents of New Jersey’s teacher unions, Sen. Teresa Ruiz, Ed. Comm. Chris Cerf, and officials from education reform groups like Democrats for Education Reform and B4K joined hands to celebrate the signing of the N.J. teacher tenure and evaluation reform bill.

Now it’s time for the real work: implementation. Read the rest here.

Laura Waters

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