NJEA

QOD: Sen. Sweeney on the Prospects of the N.J. Legislature Passing PARCC “Opt-Out” Bill

Senate President Steve Sweeney said this week in an interview with NJ Spotlight that he was waiting on both bills…

10 years ago

Camden Education Association and Camden City Schools Reach Accord on Contract

From the press release:February 2, 2015 – Camden, NJ – The Camden Education Association, which represents approximately 1,500 teachers and…

10 years ago

True Confessions

While my husband and I were waiting for "Portlandia" to queue up on the roku last night, I happened to…

10 years ago

Parent Empowerment Drives Camden Education Reform

(Note: a modified version of this post appears at WHYY Newsworks.)On Tuesday evening, just before the start of the Camden…

10 years ago

NJEA Staff Salaries Highest in the Nation

While we're on the topic of labor union benefits, Mike Antonucci at EIA is “in possession of” staff salary figures…

10 years ago

Christie Celebrates “Historic Agreement” with NJEA; NJEA says “Not”

Gov. Christie gave his budget address yesterday afternoon and the big news was what he described as a “historic agreement”…

10 years ago

Just How “Grassroots” is the Opt-Out Movement in New Jersey?

Judging by NJEA and Save Our Schools-NJ websites and lobbying efforts, New Jersey parents are opting-out their children from PARCC…

10 years ago

“First Vaccinations, Now it’s the PARCC Test”

The Press of Atlantic City, hardly a reform-minded publication, comments on  New Jersey’s overblown “anxiety attacks” regarding PARCC assessments, a…

10 years ago

Tom Moran on N.J. Resistance to PARCC

Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger nails the (il)logic that drives the mismatched pockets of New Jerseyans who deplore new standards…

10 years ago

New Jersey PARCC Update

The Garden State’s anti-testing crowd continues to intensify its opposition to the PARCC assessments and the media is responding  this…

10 years ago