NJEA

NJ’s Competing Tenure Reform Bills: Big Concessionon on LIFO

There’s been an addendum to the NJ Senate Budget Committee meeting set for Monday. According to today’s NJ Spotlight, Senator…

12 years ago

NJEA Likes the Diegnan Tenure Reform Bill; Tote Those Bales

New Jersey Education Association just released a statement regarding Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan's tenure reform bill.  (See my post below on…

12 years ago

NJ’s Dueling Tenure Reform Proposals

As June wanes, the pressure on NJ legislators to pass some sort of tenure reform increases. How long have they…

12 years ago

Christie: From Norman Rockwell to Edvard Munch

My column today at Newsworks WHYY asks why Gov. Christie, after a relatively peaceful interlude with NJEA top brass, has…

13 years ago

NJ’s Alternative High School Assessments Dilemma

John Mooney has an important piece today in NJ Spotlight on the decision by Ed. Comm. Cerf and the DOE…

13 years ago

NJSBA on Recent Trends in Contract Negotiations

The latest issue of NJ School Boards Association print mag, School Leader, reviews average teacher union settlement rates for the…

13 years ago

A Tale of Two Cities: Charter School Expansion in Philly and Camden

Check out my new column at NJ Spotlight on the some similarities and differences between the radical public school overhaul…

13 years ago

Connecticut Copycats NJ Charter School Law

Adam Emerson over at Fordham’s Education Gadfly analyzes a new charter school bill proposed in the Connecticut Legislature that would…

13 years ago

NJ School Board Elections: What Changed So Fast?

My piece today at WHYY Newsworks looks at the factors that led to a dramatic turnaround for a long-sought piece…

13 years ago

Quote of the Day

From the Philadelphia Inquirer’s article on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote (split right down party lines) to not confirm Philip…

13 years ago