NJEA: “Every Teacher is Meritorious.”

NJEA’s website has a new feature: an analysis NJ’s RTTT application. While its censorious tone is no surprise, there’s a few factual misrepresentations. As a

On “Quality-Based Lay-Offs”

Regarding the memo below from NJEA president Barbara Keshishian and NJEA executive director Vince Giordano: we get the outrage at the 2.5% cap on municipal

A Warm Welcome To NJ Spotlight,

the newest online news and analysis source in the Garden State. Just launched this week, NJ Spotlight is spearheaded by education reporter John Mooney of

Getting Your Kicks on Rte. 676

The Courier-Post has a story today titled “Teachers: Union is Doing Its Job.” First quote in story: “The NJEA is like a life coach for

Unharmonic Convergence

NJEA’s leadership, marching in lock-step with the police and firefighters’ unions, filed suit against pension reform laws that force all public employees to contribute 1.5%

Union Support for RTTT: Fuggedaboudit

How important is NJEA support for NJ’s second Race To The Top application for up to $400 million in federal school aid? Many states, including

School Choice and RTTT

It’s a big day for advocates of NJ’s fledgling Interdistrict School Choice program, which has been in suspended animation since 2005 when the pilot expired

Christie’s “Seismic Shift”

NJEA and Education Law Center, cozy as two peas in a pod, have twin press releases out, both regarding this report out from the Office

A Race To The Top Proposal

We were awfully hard on the Education Law Center yesterday (see below), so here’s some praise: its April 15th press release does a great job