Question of the Day
Laura Waters
January 18, 2011
What gets people so angry at the idea of incorporating a degree of professional accountability into teaching and administrating? My column Friday at NJ Spotlight
Want Some More Tea With Your Sugar?
Laura Waters
December 8, 2010
Lots of coverage today as NJEA released its reform proposals: check out the Star-Ledger (which focuses on the Christie Administration’s reaction), the Philadelphia Inquirer (which
Christie the Socialist
Laura Waters
November 2, 2010
One of the tenets of education reform is fiscal and academic accountability, which has become a mantra of Chris Christie’s education agenda. Therefore, the announcement
If the Education Committee’s Session Wasn’t Enough of a Hoot
Laura Waters
October 15, 2010
…the Senate Education Committee is considering a bill, S295, that disqualifies school board members from service without criminal history background checks. Perfectly reasonable, right? (Though,
Redefining School Reform
Laura Waters
October 12, 2010
Let’s start with something we can all agree with: some of NJ’s public schools are great and some stink. The worst schools are usually in
Giving it Up for Trenton
Laura Waters
August 23, 2010
At what point does a state government concede defeat regarding a school district’s accountability? Seems like that might be right now in the Trenton Public
Lede of the Day
Laura Waters
July 27, 2010
From the Sacramento Bee: “Scott Plotkin, executive director of the California School Boards Association, announced his retirement Friday amid revelations he had charged thousands of
Glenn Beck Award*
Laura Waters
July 20, 2010
Yes, two Glenn Beck awards in a week. It’s that kind of week. Here’s the Star-Ledger Editorial Board’s thoughts (we’re using the term loosely) on
RTTT Update
Laura Waters
May 26, 2010
The Record reports that as of yesterday 292 districts out of our 658 districts and charters had sent back their Memoranda of Understanding, signifying that
NJEA: Fashion Disaster
Laura Waters
March 24, 2010
Big education news today: In a letter to NJEA Prez Barbara Keshishian and NJSBA Exec. Dir. Marie Bilik, Gov. Christie has formally requested that teachers