Five Maxims for Phil Murphy
Laura Waters
September 27, 2017
At a town hall in Montclair this past weekend, Phil Murphy held forth on the four New Jersey school districts — Jersey City, Paterson, Newark,
“I Am a Proud Public School Teacher But I Am Ashamed of My Union Leadership at NJEA”
Laura Waters
September 19, 2017
I am a proud public school teacher, but I am ashamed of my union leadership at the NJEA. I implore fellow public school educators and
Follow the Money All the Way to Lakewood; Or, Kneel to the Vaad
Laura Waters
September 15, 2017
This just in from Matt Rooney of Save Jersey, who speculates how Governor-to-be Phil Murphy so easily secured the Democratic nomination. Says Rooney, “he bought
Fact Check for Phil Murphy and Sheila Oliver
Laura Waters
September 5, 2017
Last week AFT President Randi Weingarten hosted teachers from Newark, Perth Amboy, North Bergen, and Garfield for a meet-and-greet with gubernatorial shoo-ins Phil Murphy and
Chris Cerf Unplugged: Charter Schools, Phil Murphy, NJEA, and Save Our Schools-NJ
Laura Waters
August 14, 2017
In an interview in today’s Star-Ledger, Newark Superintendent and former New Jersey Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf discusses the threat of a charter school moratorium,
Phil Murphy Perfects the Pivot
Laura Waters
August 2, 2017
“Pivoting” is an essential political skill when faced with a question you don’t want to answer. While I am eager to hear a non-pivot on
The Grown-Up Version of PARCC: Can We Measure Up?
Laura Waters
July 27, 2017
The New Jersey Department of Education just released our children’s 2017 scores on the state standardized PARCC tests in language arts and math. The news
A Hope for the Heart of Phil Murphy
Laura Waters
June 28, 2017
The big news story today, of course, is U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell’s failure to summon enough votes to bring to the floor a bill that
Let’s Play a Guessing Game
Laura Waters
May 31, 2017
There is a sector of schools in New Jersey that rigorously creams off top-performing students, provides little (if any) support for students with disabilities, doesn’t
What’s Wrong With N.J.’s Teacher Pension System? Ask Your Nearest Millennial
Laura Waters
January 27, 2017
A new teacher’s pension is supposed to be a perk. The truth is that for the majority of the nation’s new teachers, what they can