Teachers and the public disagree over other teacher employment policies. . . . Seventy-six percent of the public think that teachers should demonstrate success in
Bellwether has its new Whiteboard Advisors “Education Insiders” report out, and this one focuses on results of the gubernatorial elections. When “key education influential” were
Lisa Fleisher in the Wall Street Journal: Newark, in a first for a large New Jersey public-school system, has given out bonuses of up to
Laura McKenna at the Atlantic (hat tip: Hannah J. Waters, one of the kinder) ponders the Newark Teachers Union’s approval of a new contract that
That’s NJ Gov. Chris Christie quoted in today’s NJ Spotlight piece on the Newark teachers’ contract, just approved by a slim majority of the Newark
New York Times: The teachers’ union for this city’s chronically troubled schools approved a contract on Wednesday establishing performance bonuses, long opposed by national union
Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger notes the Newark Teachers Union’s pending vote on a new contract that incorporates merit pay in the context of NJ’s
“It’s bold. The teachers are really—if they vote [yes] on this—they’re showing a lot of courage. And they’re the heroes. I just brought it to
A NJ educator, Dr. Michael Hoban, proposes a merit pay system in today’s NJ Spotlight in which only “Master Teachers” get tenure and, then, are
Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger interviewed U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Here’s an excerpt on how the U.S. can improve teacher quality and increase compensation: