Gov. Christie presented his budget yesterday at the Statehouse. The bottom line is a $32.1 billion spending plan, which includes a $108 million increase in
(“LIFO” means “last in, first out,” i.e., when public school districts reduce staff due to declining enrollment they must lay off the teachers with the
WHYY is reporting that “New Jersey lawmakers are not expected to enact education reform proposals at next month’s final meeting of the current legislative session.”
Dennis Van Roekel, President of the National Education Association, may have gotten more than he bargained for when he commissioned a report from “21 accomplished
Gordon MacInnes, in today’s NJ Spotlight, advises that tying teaching evaluations to student growth is premature. The current teacher evaluation-tenure system,” he concedes, “is close
A NJ State Administrative Law Judge has recommended tenure removal for a business teacher employed by the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. According to the
We’re well into the lame duck session of the NJ State Legislature and, while there’s still hope for passage of education reform bills, the clock
N.J. State Senate President Stephen Sweeney considers the prospects of tenure reform during the Senate’s lame duck session (The Record): It is no accident that
As New Jerseyans await the State Legislature’s promised debate on reforming teacher tenure, there’s two pieces today that address the impact of lifelong job security