On NJEA’s Credibility Problem

Laura Waters February 25, 2011

In this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Matt Bai looks at NJEA’s anachronistic hard line against changes to pay and benefits structures, and how Gov.

Christie the Moderate

Laura Waters February 23, 2011

Pugnacious and boastful, bullying and bombastic, arrogant and contentious: these are some of the mainstream media descriptions of Gov. Christie’s performance yesterday afternoon during his

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Laura Waters February 18, 2011

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Primer on Christie’s Ed Reform Proposals

Laura Waters January 14, 2011

Gov. Christie’s State of the State speech was widely praised as diplomatic if short on specifics regarding education reform. Here comes the specifics, gleaned from

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Laura Waters January 13, 2011

Liam Julian at Fordham’s Flypaper blog considers Gov. Christie’s comment during his State of the State speech that “teaching can no longer be the only

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Laura Waters December 20, 2010

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Christie Nominates Chris Cerf

Laura Waters December 17, 2010

Last night Gov. Christie nominated Christopher Cerf, former deputy chancellor of NYC public schools, as NJ’s Commissioner of Education. From the Wall Street Journal: online

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Laura Waters December 1, 2010

Newsweek’s Andrew Romano explains why President Obama, the cerebral law professor, can learn some lessons in the “politics of austerity” from Chris Christie, NJ’s top

Remember the Lightbulb Jokes?

Laura Waters November 17, 2010

There’s no dearth of ink for the ongoing roiling over school superintendent caps in New Jersey. Every paper is featuring it, and now the Wall