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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The Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Bret Schundler’s Nomination,
But not without a few snags. Chairman Nicholas Scutari, according to the Star-Ledger, quizzed Schundler about his views on sex education and said that he
Placing Odds on RTTT
Edweek’s PoliticsK-12 buy bactrim online bactrim no prescription is betting that Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Illinois, and Tennessee will be winners in this first round of
Conflicting Roles for NJEA’s Giordano
Vince Giordano, NJEA’s Executive Director, makes no bones about his organization’s key positions: maintain 4%-5% annual salary increases for teachers, stymie attempts to mandate contributions
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Ledger: Freeze Teacher Salaries
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board declares that NJ’s “collective bargaining system is broken” (referring to the sound and fury expelled during negotiations in Marlboro [see here
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Must-read Record piece on NJEA vs. Christie. Says Exec. Dir. Vince Giordano (who makes $263K/year) “We’re as strong as we’ve ever been. We’re not out
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New Jersey saw its municipalities and state agencies spend $96 billion in taxpayer dollars during the 2008-2009 fiscal year, nearly double the expenditures of a
Even the Wealthy Get Squeezed
NJ State’s seizure of school district surpluses has aroused much anguish as board members and administrators huddle around balance sheets; much of the focus has
NJEA Goes Viral
The new Facebook page mellifluously entitled “NEW JERSEY TEACHERS UNITED AGAINST GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE’S PAY FREEZE” has this disclaimer prominently displayed: “This page is not
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Suggesting that great schooling is all about teachers is like suggesting that great restaurants are all about waiters. If the food is lousy, the service
Charter School Oppositional-Defiant Disorder
We’re sensing an energetic focus in the media on problems endemic to teacher tenure. From today’s New York Times: [I]n the two years since the
NJEA’s Take on Christie/Schundler Reforms
Here’s a memo from NJEA’s main office (which was posted on several local NJEA affiliates websites, including this one from the Montgomery Township Education Association)
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Did Senator Scutari Forget To Eat His Wheaties?
Over the objection of Republicans, the Senate Judiciary Committee gave Education Commissioner Nominee Bret Schundler ninety minutes before cutting off debate on his appointment so
“New Jersey Teachers United Against Christie’s Pay Freeze”
That’s the name of the hottest new Facebook group, buy cellcept online cellcept online no prescription with 14,000 fans yesterday and 20,000 this morning. From
RTTT Finalists Announced Next Week?
The Washington Post reports on Ed Sec Arne Duncan’s prediction that “good superintendents” will be sending out lots of pink slips in light of projected
Keep The Heat On
As Gov. Christie continues to position the NJEA leadership in the role as Chief Obstructionist to creating an affordable and accountable NJ public school system,
Sunday Leftovers
On NJEA’s media campaign against school aid cuts and benefits reform, Gov. Christie tells the Independent Press that “[c]andidly, teachers aren’t the problem. The union
Concretizing NJ’s Segregation
Yesterday the Fordham Institute anointed NJ with the dubious honor of having the most segregated schools in the nation. With last week’s issuance of the
Thursday Tautology
Scholastic’s Administrator Magazine includes four views on whether states should raise charter school caps. One administrator queried is Bernard Pierorazio, superintendent of Yonkers Public Schools
