On NJEA’s Credibility Problem
Laura Waters
February 25, 2011
In this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Matt Bai looks at NJEA’s anachronistic hard line against changes to pay and benefits structures, and how Gov.
Christie the Moderate
Laura Waters
February 23, 2011
Pugnacious and boastful, bullying and bombastic, arrogant and contentious: these are some of the mainstream media descriptions of Gov. Christie’s performance yesterday afternoon during his
NJEA to Members: “Wisconsin’s Fight is OUR Fight”
Laura Waters
February 22, 2011
Here’s NJEA’s most recent memo to its constituents relating how “members of the NJEA leadership are already in Wisconsin lending their assistance and support to
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
February 18, 2011
New NJEA press release entitled “Now We Know the Real Chris Christie:” Chris Christie has one objective: to destroy New Jersey’s public schools in order
Tweaking NJ’s Tenure Reform
Laura Waters
February 18, 2011
All’s curiously quiet in the aftermath of Ed. Commissioner Christopher Cerf’s speech on Wednesday describing his five-part proposal for tenure reform. Sure, the leadership of
Cerf Tackles Tenure
Laura Waters
February 16, 2011
This afternoon at 2:00 Acting Commissioner Christopher Cerf will give what’s being billed as a “major address” on education reform. According to the Star-Ledger, a
NJEA is Not My Public School Teacher, Says N.J.
Laura Waters
February 10, 2011
While the majority of New Jerseyans love public school teachers, more than half believe that the NJ Education Association (NJEA) is “playing a negative role
Voucher Bill Fact-Check
Laura Waters
February 3, 2011
NJ’s voucher bill, the Opportunity Scholarship Act, is the big education news story today. Assembly Bill 2810 will be the subject of a hearing today
Nepotism and Tenure
Laura Waters
January 31, 2011
A new bill before the NJ State Assembly would prohibit all public schools, traditional and chartered, from hiring staff who are related to the superintendent,
The Wrath of NJ’s Anti-Charter Movement
Laura Waters
January 19, 2011
“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.”Mr. Spock, “The Wrath of Khan.” Charter school news is making the rounds today in