Keep The Heat On
Laura Waters
February 22, 2010
As Gov. Christie continues to position the NJEA leadership in the role as Chief Obstructionist to creating an affordable and accountable NJ public school system,
Speaking of the Wrath of NJEA’s Leadership,
Laura Waters
February 17, 2010
the head honchos in the Trenton office are hitting back fearlessly against Gov. Christie’s school aid cuts and the new pension and benefits reforms currently
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
February 12, 2010
RiShawn Biddle, editor of the education blog Dropout Nation and the co-author of A Byte At the Apple: Rethinking Education Data for the Post NCLB
Some Friendly Advice to NJEA
Laura Waters
February 9, 2010
When Chris Christie introduced his pension reform proposals yesterday, the reaction of the leadership of NJEA was fast and fierce. Within moments an email blast
Fact-Checking the NJEA
Laura Waters
February 5, 2010
After Gov. Christie’s Education Subcommittee’s recommended that the Legislature reinstall the ability of school boards to use the practice of “last, best offer” during negotiation
Education Law Center’s Field of Dreams
Laura Waters
February 4, 2010
The Education Law Center (ELC), NJ’s preeminent defender of poor urban schoolchildren, has just issued another in its series of upbeat press releases, this one
The Soft Shoe of School Board/Union Negotiations
Laura Waters
February 3, 2010
The Asbury Park Press slams the Marlboro Board of Education for taking a hard line with the local teachers union during contract negotiations and then,
We’re in receipt of a memo from NJEA,
Laura Waters
January 28, 2010
dated yesterday, which itemizes its objections to new recommendations from Gov. Christie’s transition subcomittees regarding pension and educational reforms. (Sorry: no link available.) Predictably, the
Corzine and Christie on Ed Reform and RTTT
Laura Waters
January 26, 2010
The near-simultaneous release of NJ’s Race To The Top application and The Education Subcommittee Report conveniently provides an opportunity to compare Corzine’s and Christie’s vision
NJEA: Our Urban Schools Are Great
Laura Waters
January 22, 2010
Interesting poll out from Quinnipiac University, and then either a lightening-fast response or a coincidentally-apropos column from the execs at NJEA. First, the survey, which