Why We Need Tenure Reform
Laura Waters
August 8, 2014
Leslie Brody at the Wall St. Journal reports today that the New York City Department of Education will “pay $1.8 million in buyout packages for
New Newsworks Column: Teacher Unions v. David Boies; the Democratic Rift
Laura Waters
August 7, 2014
Liberals and labor unions go together like wine and cheese. Thus, it was with an ironic flair that the newly-formed Partnership for Educational Justice, which
QOD: Boies Leads NYS Tenure Fight; “Emblematic” of Fracture between Dems and Teacher Unions
Laura Waters
August 4, 2014
From yesterday’s New York Times: David Boies, the star trial lawyer who helped lead the legal charge that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban, is becoming
New Jersey on Post-Vergara List, says Michelle Rhee
Laura Waters
July 31, 2014
NPR interviewed Michelle Rhee, CEO of StudentsFirst and former Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools. Here’s a bit of the Q and A on post-Vergara court
QOD: TNTP on Lockstep Teacher Pay
Laura Waters
July 18, 2014
Re: TNTP’s new report, Shortchanged: Today, we’re putting a stake in the ground on teacher pay. In our new paper, Shortchanged: The Hidden Costs of
QOD: Sentiments Shifting on Seniority-Based Job Security
Laura Waters
July 1, 2014
A strong majority of California voters oppose the state’s tenure and layoff policies for public school teachers, according to a new poll released just days
New Spotlight column: the politics behind the proposed PARCC delay
Laura Waters
June 26, 2014
It starts here: Last Thursday, the state Senate Education Committee heard testimony from proponents and opponents of a draft bill (S-2154) that would postpone by
QOD: Abbott and Vergara, Funding Equity and Instructional Equity
Laura Waters
June 20, 2014
In 1990, Chief Justice Robert Wilentz issued the Abbott II decision, one in a series of rulings that inform NJ’s school funding structure. The ruling
Re: Vergara: “LIFO Keeps NJ from True Tenure Reform”
Laura Waters
June 20, 2014
Here’s this week’s WHYY Newsworks column: Public school calendars may be winding down, but education rhetoric is heating up after a startling ruling last week
Star Ledger Editorial Board Links Vegara Case To NJ’s Failure to Eliminate LIFO
Laura Waters
June 16, 2014
Good teachers are an incredibly important variable in student success. Last year, a Harvard researcher found that students taught by an incompetent teacher lose more