A lot has been written lately about the Federal government granting states waivers from the ill-designed mandates of NCLB. On many conservative websites, the main argument has been the abrogation of state authority over educational standards to federal standards in return for federal education dollars. I have written extensively in the past that for the better part of the history of this country, public education- | Read More »
There is this bizarre thing happening in New Jersey. The NJEA- the state’s teacher’s union- is sponsoring a series of advertisements which portray Republican Governor Chris Christie as a friend of the dreaded millionaire to the detriment of us middle class folk and the poor. I live in New Jersey and I am certainly no millionaire. But, according to the definition of a millionaire in | Read More »
There have been some recent editorials circulating in New Jersey newspapers that Republican Governor has a chance to “repair the relationship” with the state’s largest teacher union- the NJEA. Methinks they underestimate and do not really get the fact that Chris Christie is not Jon Corzine or any other Democratic governor of New Jersey (or even some past Republican governors). As many readers are | Read More »
Chris Christie was voted Governor of New Jersey in 2009 and inherited a mess from Democratic predecessor Jon Corzine and a succession of Democrats. Since taking office, he has made very few friends among the traditional power bases in the State. He has taken head-on the teacher’s union (the NJEA), public workers unions like AFSCME and the CWA, and local municipalities to name but a | Read More »
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