The Consolidation Cha-Cha
Laura Waters
January 22, 2009
Now that Executive County Superintendents have been ordered by the DOE to issue reports by March 2010 for consolidation of school districts, there’s lots of
Dancing Lemons
Laura Waters
January 18, 2009
School Watch, the policy arm of the Excellent Education for Everyone think tank, has issued a fulminating report on the dismal state of the Newark
Trendspotting Merit Pay and Charter Schools
Laura Waters
January 12, 2009
Today’s Wall St Journal features a letter from Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, and Al Sharpton, erstwhile flamethrower, reminding
NJEA’s “Outrageous Statement”
Laura Waters
December 29, 2008
In “The Monopolist Turns Free-Marketer,” Gregg Edwards describes the new legislation that establishes a program for low-income kids in seven failing urban school districts to
Teacher Tenure
Laura Waters
December 15, 2008
All of a sudden, teacher job tenure, typically the third rail of education politics, is a heightened topic for discussion. Is it Barak Obama’s rumored
School Board Election Bill Barely Passes Committee
Laura Waters
December 8, 2008
PolitickerNJ reports that the Senate Education Committee voted 3-2 this afternoon in favor of S-1861, the bill that would move school board elections to November
Is It Time to Trade Up to a Better Model?
Laura Waters
November 14, 2008
Here’s two “must-reads” for you. Andrew Rotherham, who runs the thinktank Education Sector and blogs on Eduwonk, has a piece in US News and World
Star-Ledger Advocates Merit Pay
Laura Waters
November 14, 2008
The Star-Ledger gets behind merit pay for teachers in today’s editorial, arguing that the typical union denunciation — that a differentiated pay system would harm
Aides Over Kids?
Laura Waters
November 13, 2008
The State Assembly Education Committee is expected to release a new bill, A-420, which gives job protection to paraprofessionals employed in Title 1 districts, i.e.,
Change We Can Believe In
Laura Waters
November 7, 2008
It’s mid-November, so it must be time for the NJEA Teacher Convention! A week after school board members partied in Atlantic City, 35,000 members of