NJEA

Newark Gets a Visit from Randi Weingarten

The Star Ledger reports today that American Federation of Teacher President Randi Weingarten will meet with teachers from Newark’s Hawthorne…

11 years ago

Asbury Park High School: the grown-ups are the ones who can’t learn

Yesterday the Asbury Park Press published a six-page article on the woes at Asbury Park High School. Last year 51%…

11 years ago

NJEA Loses in Appellate Court on “Blended Learning” Charter Schools

The New Jersey Appellate Court ruled against NJ Education Association yesterday, denying its challenge to former Commissioner Cerf's approval of…

11 years ago

New Spotlight Column: Can’t Charters and Tradition Schools Just Get Along?

From today's NJ  Spotlight:NJ Spotlight just reported that next year one out of four Newark public school students will opt…

11 years ago

Here’s your cognitive dissonance for the week:

Steve Fulop, mayor of Jersey City and gubernatorial hopeful, endorsed Ras Baraka for mayor of Newark back in February but,…

11 years ago

QOD: Cerf Pulls No Punches

Chris Cerf’s parting shot, addressed to NJ school leaders, addresses NJEA’s increasingly assertive campaign against new standardized testing, teaching evaluations,…

11 years ago

New WHYY Post: Is Mastery Charter Schools’ Camden Move Good for Kids?

Here's the beginning:  "All is flux, nothing stays still," said Plato, but you'd never know that in Camden. It's still…

11 years ago

New WHYY Post: NJ School Funding, NJEA, and Christie’s Grim Pension Prognosis

 On Tuesday a gloomy Chris Christie donned a hair shirt instead of a fleece jacket and proffered his 2015 fiscal-year…

11 years ago

NJEA President: Fire Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson

Newark Update: After a vote of “no confidence," hostile meetings,  and personal attacks (or at least a reference to her…

11 years ago

New Spotlight Column: Cerf’s Decision to Leave NJ Commish Slot for Private Enterprise

Hot off the press, today's column at NJ Spotlight: Someone ought to give Chris Cerf a flak suit as he…

11 years ago