NJ’s Diploma Scam: Part I
Laura Waters
April 19, 2010
Last Tuesday the Education Law Center (ELC) sent a letter to Commissioner Bret Schundler requesting that he “set aside the results of last January’s Alternate
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
April 16, 2010
From a Q and A with Education Commissioner Bret Schundler at a Senate Hearing, courtesy of New Jersey Newsroom: The thing holding up action [on
Seniority and Teacher Effectiveness
Laura Waters
April 16, 2010
NJEA’s latest press release decries the “catastrophic impact on public education” in NJ if the Legislature passes a bill that will give retirement incentives to
Glenn Beck Award*
Laura Waters
April 14, 2010
To NJEA President Barbara Keshishian , who said in an NJEA press release yesterday, When Commissioner Schundler claims that school district salaries are rising three
If NJ Was In Indiana…
Laura Waters
April 13, 2010
Interesting development in Indiana regarding Race To The Top: the State Superintendent, Tony Bennett, has written a letter to the president of the Indiana State
Christie’s Strategic Blunder
Laura Waters
April 13, 2010
Prayers for an early death aside, Gov. Christie made an strategic blunder yesterday when he called on the public to vote down school budgets in
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
April 11, 2010
Here’s an excerpt from a memo sent to local affiliates from the Bergen County office of the NJEA (which included the “prayer” in which, according
NJEA Prayer Goes Viral
Laura Waters
April 9, 2010
From Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Oakland, CA, to San Francisco, to Kansas City, to 1010 WINS in NYC, everyone’s chattering about the prayer included in
Why NJ Botched RTTT
Laura Waters
April 8, 2010
The US Department of Education has released reviews of each state’s Race To The Top application. (Here’s our reviews.) New Jersey placed 18th out of
NJSBA Calls for Salary Freezes
Laura Waters
April 8, 2010
With only 16 out of almost 600 local teachers’ unions agreeing to salary give-backs, New Jersey School Boards Association has just issued a sample resolution