tenure

When is a Compromise Become a Cop-Out? (Think LIFO)

Yesterday’s Star-Ledger editorial defined the essential problem with back-room negotiations regarding Sen. Teresa Ruiz’s tenure reform bill: while the earlier…

13 years ago

Quote of the Day

In today's Star-Ledger, the Editorial Board considers the rift between New Jersey Republicans and Democrats on education reform -- particularly…

13 years ago

Today’s NewsWorks Post:: Tenure Reform

Check out my new post at WHYY's Newsworks, which deals with the politics of tenure reform, particularly the recent hedging…

13 years ago

Poll of the Day: Teacher Tenure

A survey just released by Scholastic Education and the Gates Foundation (hold your fire!) interviewed 10,000 pre-K through 12th grade…

13 years ago

BlogTalk Radio on Tenure and Teacher Evaluation Reform

Tomorrow morning at 11 I'll be discussing tenure reform and teacher evaluations with Joseph Cheff, President of the Passaic County…

13 years ago

Weingarten and Kopp on Teacher Retention

Two separate items crossed my monitor this weekend: first, an editorial/ad that ran in Sunday’s New York Times Sunday Review…

13 years ago

Teacher Evaluation Pilot Gets Good Marks

This past Friday NJ Spotlight hosted a Roundtable in Monroe on the new teacher evaluation pilot program, now underway in…

13 years ago

NJSBA on Senate Bill 1455

Here's a couple of excerpts from New Jersey School Boards Association's testimony to the Senate Education Committee yesterday on Sen.…

13 years ago

Tenure Reform Testimony: LIFO and Teacher Evaluations

It was quite the scene at the Statehouse Annex yesterday as the Senate Education Committee heard public testimony on Sen.…

13 years ago

Rating Sen. Ruiz’s Tenure Reform Bill

Tweet from “Stop The Freeze NJ,” the facebook site devoted to “defending public education in NJ”: “Tenure bill going to…

13 years ago