Teachers Unions

Sweeney, Ruiz & Madden Announce Committee Hearings on Troubling Videos of Teachers Union Officials

A quick response from New Jersey legislative leaders (see here for context): TRENTON – Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senate Education Committee…

7 years ago

Two Teacher Union Presidents, Per These Videos, Excuse the Inexcusable

The following is a letter sent by Patricia Morgan of JerseyCAN and Shelley Skinner of Better Education for Kids to…

7 years ago

Newark’s Teacher Evaluation System Is ‘Highly Encouraging’

NJ Spotlight today looks at how Newark Public Schools’ teachers performed under the new evaluation system, which was jointly approved…

11 years ago

Yale SOM Conference Dilemma

I spent Thursday night and Friday at the Yale School of Management Ed Reform conference, “From Policy to Practice," although…

14 years ago

Seating Newark’s Children in the Front of the Bus

Question: Friday afternoon on Oprah during the announcement that Mark Zuckerberg was funding a $100 million grant to Newark’s public…

14 years ago

Dysfunction-R-Us

Megan McArdle, a blogger for the Atlantic Monthly has a thoughtful description of the dysfunction within education, specifically unions vs.…

16 years ago