Newark Superintendent Is Advising School Board Members to Lie to the State
Just when you think Newark Public Schools District can’t get any more dysfunctional, another perversion pops up. Example: today Chalkbeat reports that during October’s board
2022 Mid-Terms: Winners Listened to 81% of Parents Who Support School Choice
This is a press release from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Education played a significant role in the 2022 election cycle in America—and
Top New Jersey Officials Demand More Honesty and Less Vomit From Murphy’s Education Department As Student Proficiency Plummets
When someone stands up and says New Jersey schools are #1 I have an immediate reaction to vomit because I know that’s not true. That’s
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Sunday Leftovers
“Wednesday may go down as the day the unions died. The agreement reached last week among Governor Christie, Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Assembly Speaker
NJEA: Betrayed, Bothered, and Bewildered
The big news today is that the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee in a 9-4 vote released legislation that would increase public employee contributions to
NJ Democratic Identity Crisis
The New Jersey Education Association has released an expensive ad that accuses Republican Gov. Christie and Senate President and Democrat Steve Sweeney of caring “more
Trenton Community Charter vs. Grace Dunn
The NJ Department of Education is closing Trenton Community Charter School, reports the Trenton Times. The pre-k – 8, founded in 1997, has 540 kids
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A source told PolitickerNJ.com tonight that the NJEA will go “nuclear” tomorrow with a huge anti-Sweeney-Christie-Norcross ad. Described as hard-hitting, the ad will combine with
“Saving the NJEA from Itself”
Check out my column in today’s NJ Spotlight, which includes suggestions to the union leadership on a strategy makeover.
Christie as Henry V
Over at Jay P. Greene’s blog Matthew Ladner finds the poetry within NJ’s education reform travails: O for a Muse of fire, that would ascendThe
Pension and Benefits Reform Update
A compromise bill is rolling through the Legislature with a provision that the whole megilla sunset in four year and contribution rates return to the
Sunday Leftovers
Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver has proposed a compromise plan that would allow the Legislature to set the amount that public employees contribute to health and pension
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Sheila Oliver: Bring the Bill to the Assembly Floor
Should local schools be responsible for negotiating employee contributions to premiums for health care or should such contributions be legislated? That’s the question before the
Pension/Benefits Reform Politics
Here’s the latest: Senator Steve Sweeney is determined to bring a full package before the Senate on Thursday, but Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver is still stalling.
Education Law Center Merger Talks
The New York Times is reporting today that NJ’s Education Law Center, primary advocates for poor urban districts known as Abbotts, may merge with New
Bret Schundler Winging It To Sunnier Climes?
The Star-Ledger is reporting that NJ’s erstwhile Commissioner of Education, Bret Schundler, is one of nine candidates under review by Florida Governor Rick Scott. Schundler
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NJEA Needs a Primer on Political Strategy
Case in point is the union’s endorsement of NJ Senate-hopeful Jerome Dunn (Union), running in the primary today as part of a slate called Democrats
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Jonathan Alter online pharmacy antabuse no prescription praises education reform and disparages eminent historian Diane Ravitch, whom he describes as “the education world’s very own
Sunday Leftovers
The Asbury Park Press Editorial Board praises Assembly Speaker Sheila Olivier for her willingness to accept a legislative solution to the public employee health and
