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Four NJ Education Bills Worth Watching

My column today at WHYY’s Newsworks examines four pending education bills before the NJ State Legislature:

During this first 2013 session of the New Jersey Legislature, a lengthy catalogue of bills is wending its way through the serpentine law-making process that begins with a draft bill and ends (in a few cases) with the Governor’s signature. Some bills spin gracefully through the hazards of partisanship and special-interest lobbyists, while others lurch and stagger like extras on “The Walking Dead.” This session, bills relevant to public education include no ballerinas or, for that matter, any zombies, but here’s an annotated list of the more interesting ones, along with my two cents.

Read the rest here.

Laura Waters

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