Dr. Diane Ravitch, indefatigable tweeter, education historian, and preeminent apologist for teacher unions, was in Atlantic City for the NJEA convention on Friday. Tom Moran,
NJEA press release, Sept. 28th, 2010: As Gov. Christie sets out to pursue an education agenda that has significant implications for the future of New
Great Moran piece today on the splintering of NJ Democrats over issues of race, leadership, public unions, and, yes, education reform. At issue is whether
Talk about a political headache: New Jersey After 3, the afterschool program for poor kids, has been rescued from oblivion (via state aid cuts) by
The Courier Post reports that the NJ State Legislature may consider a merit pay bill for public school teachers, according to Senate President Steve Sweeney.
Speaking of tenure, during a panel discussion moderated by NJ Spotlight’s John Mooney on teacher evaluations and tenure, NJEA Executive Director Vince Giordano announced that
It’s great to report on the successful expansion of our Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows districts to open up empty seats to kids
Speaking of white papers, here’s a new one from the Education Trust, entitled “Fair to Everyone: Building the Balanced Teacher Evaluations that Educators and Students
My position regarding the teachers’ union has been the same from the time I got into the race until today. And that is when they
NJ Spotlight looks today at “the state of relations between Christie and NJEA: “It’s not exactly warm and fuzzy, but the thaw is unmistakable –