NJEA November Convention: A “Microcosm” of What’s Wrong with NJ Schools?
Is the NJEA Annual Convention, held the first Thursday and Friday in November, an inspired opportunity for teachers to network and improve instruction? Or is
NJEA Gives “The Cartel” a Thumbs Down
The New Jersey Education Association is seething over Bob Bowdon’s film “The Cartel,” which depicts the New Jersey public education system as corrupt, wasteful, incompetently
NJEA Needs to Leave Joe Camel Behind
“No scientific proof, then, has been found to convict smoking as a hazard to health.”From a 1968 Tobacco Institute publication entitled “The Cigarette Controversy.” “Tenure
Mulshine the Ethicist: Corzine and Non-Operating Districts
Star-Ledger columnist Paul Mulshine has an answer to our question on why Corzine would eliminate non-operating districts five months before the gubernatorial election: No sense?
Press of A.C. and NJSBA Slam Assembly for Kowtowing to NJEA
The Press of Atlantic City’s Editorial Board comments on two of the bill proposals that passed unanimously in the Assembly’s Education Committee last week. One,
Assembly Committee: Give Tenure Rights to Non-Tenured Teachers
What’s with the Assembly Education Committee? On the one hand, they’re squirting out preposterous bills that prohibit districts from finding cheaper ways to provide non-educational
Quote of the Day
The New Jersey Teachers Union and its advocates, Corzine among them, is against vouchers, charter schools and anything that smacks of competition. But The Times
Hey, NJEA: How About County-Wide Contract Negotiations?
A teacher contract resolution in Ramsey (Bergen County) is the subject of opposing op-eds in The Record. First, former Ramsey mayor and brand-new School Board
N.J. Assembly: Lapdogs of NJEA
Question: Why would the Assembly Education Committee release two bills that increase costs for local school districts? Answer: NJEANew Jersey School Boards Association put out