Rating Sen. Ruiz’s Tenure Reform Bill
Laura Waters
March 2, 2012
Tweet from “Stop The Freeze NJ,” the facebook site devoted to “defending public education in NJ”: “Tenure bill going to committee on Monday. Spread the
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
January 6, 2012
The New York Times analyzes a new study that asserts the value of value-added teacher evaluations: Elementary- and middle-school teachers who help raise their students’
“Useless” Teacher Evaluations
Laura Waters
December 12, 2011
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
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
October 20, 2011
Check out Andy Rotherham’s editorial in Time, which begins with a well-known quotation: “a lot of people who have been hired as teachers are basically
Evaluating and Retaining Effective Teachers
Laura Waters
September 27, 2011
Speaking of white papers, here’s a new one from the Education Trust, entitled “Fair to Everyone: Building the Balanced Teacher Evaluations that Educators and Students
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
September 23, 2011
My position regarding the teachers’ union has been the same from the time I got into the race until today. And that is when they
Ed Reform Moves Forward in Jersey
Laura Waters
September 20, 2011
Here’s two hopeful signs of education reform in NJ: according to NJ Spotlight, Senator Teresa Ruiz’s tenure reform bill is moving forward; she hopes to
NJEA & Christie: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Laura Waters
September 19, 2011
NJ Spotlight looks today at “the state of relations between Christie and NJEA: “It’s not exactly warm and fuzzy, but the thaw is unmistakable –
Nipping Away at NJEA
Laura Waters
September 14, 2011
So bigger fleas have little fleas Upon their backs to bite ’em And little fleas have lesser fleas And so, ad infinitum Megan McArdle quotes
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
September 2, 2011
In the last year New Jersey has moved from talk to action, from ideas to implementation. The legislature is now considering a revamp of teacher