The Ethics of Ed Reform In N.J.
Laura Waters
January 20, 2010
With all the adrenaline hosed on Race To The Top (including our own), a pattern in N.J. is emerging amidst the spray: the 21 school
Obama Will Announce Long-Term RTTT Funding
Laura Waters
January 19, 2010
Education Week is reporting that President Obama intends to seeks an additional $1.35 billion in next year’s budget to extend the Race To The Top
“The Most Outrageous Nomination Battle of Them All”
Laura Waters
January 18, 2010
That’s what The Auditor calls the internal shenanigans behind one of Corzine’s last political appointments, which also sheds some light on the likelihood of Bret
NJEA Gets Slammed on Recalcitrance re: RTTT
Laura Waters
January 15, 2010
Question of the day: does it matter? Today’s the deadline for local school boards to submit applications to the NJ DOE in order to garner
Quote of the Day II
Laura Waters
January 13, 2010
Gov.-elect Christopher Christie could not have found a nominee for Commissioner of Education that would rile up the New Jersey Education Association more than Bret
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
January 13, 2010
While NJEA doesn’t agree with all of the proposed “reforms” under RTTT, that doesn’t make NJEA anti-reform. NJEA will not stand by while our critics
Is Union Support and Meaningful Change Mutually Exclusive?
Laura Waters
January 13, 2010
Or, more specifically, is NJEA support for N.J.’s Race to the Top application only possible with a weak proposal? We’ve raised this conundrum before, and
For An Out-of-the-Box View on RTTT
Laura Waters
January 12, 2010
Read Educflack’s Patrick Riccards, who has a new post up on why New Jersey should either 1) hold off on applying to Race To the
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
January 12, 2010
We believe in the talent, creativity and drive of our teachers. The union’s arguments against linking pay with student scores — that it is unfair
RTTT and N.J. Senate’s Gay Marriage Grovel
Laura Waters
January 11, 2010
In the Star-Ledger, Tom Moran condemns the Senate Democrats’ moral cowardice and inability to stand up to powerful lobbyists during last week’s vote on the