NJ Education Report

Where do the candidates stand on education issues, like tenure reform, expansion of public school options, vouchers, and funding? My post today at WHYY’s Newsworks reviews the field.

While New Jersey’s gubernatorial race is a drama-free zone (top Democrats continue to abandon their candidate, Barbara Buono), the state’s senatorial contest to replace the late Frank Lautenberg is as tightly-plotted as a Shakespearean history play. I won’t rehash the political machinations behind Gov. Christie’s egg-pelted-if-almost-forgotten decision schedule the primary for August 13th, two months from now, and the election for October 16th. Instead, let’s look at the education records of the four Democrats and two Republicans on the primary ballot for U.S. Senate.

Read it here.