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Dear Readers: NJ Education Report Wants to Hear From You!

Laura Waters May 4, 2021

Dear readers, As you may know, I’ve been working on a series that asks the question, “Is the New Jersey Education Association too strong or

COMMENTARY: What Does Education Law Center Have Against 8,500 Newark Schoolchildren?

Laura Waters April 26, 2021

Today the Education Law Center is back in court, once again fighting parents who want to have alternatives to traditional schools that, if charters, would

The Christie Exception: When the Teachers Union Doesn’t Get Its Way

Laura Waters April 15, 2021

This piece is part of an ongoing series: Is the Teachers Union Too Powerful in New Jersey? As Lenape high school student Sasha Lapham’s experience with

COMMENTARY: My Take on Randi Weingarten’s Belief that Jewish Privilege Drives the Push to Reopen Schools

Laura Waters April 9, 2021

Okay, this is personal. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten has labeled American Jews as “part of the ownership class” because (some of us?

When Union Power Goes Too Far: The Case of Sasha Latham

Laura Waters April 1, 2021

This piece is part of an ongoing series: Is the Teachers Union Too Powerful in New Jersey? Two years ago, with some trepidation, Sasha Latham (not

The Historical Case for Teachers Unions

Laura Waters March 25, 2021

This piece is part of an ongoing series: Is the Teachers Union Too Powerful in New Jersey?   I grew up with a soundtrack of

Launching a New Series: Is the Teachers Union Too Powerful in New Jersey?

Laura Waters March 25, 2021

It’s hard to have a discussion about public education in New Jersey without mentioning our state’s teachers union, the New Jersey Education Association. Especially for

New Jersey’s Educational Caste System, Lakewood’s Elephant in the Room, and One Truth-Speaker

Laura Waters March 5, 2021

I’m awfully hard on Education Law Center so it is with pleasure that I salute Executive Director David Sciarra’s candor in his comments about the

COMMENTARY: Camden’s Charters Are Dramatically More Cost-Effective Than District Schools

Laura Waters February 25, 2021

Do you cringe when an economist or policy wonk quantifies the value of a single child’s education? I do. How can you reduce the immeasurable

COMMENTARY: Does Camden’s Teachers Union President Have the NJ Education Department in His Back Pocket?

Laura Waters February 8, 2021

This is part of an email Camden Education Association President Keith Benson sent late last week to his members (or possibly just CEA leaders). Here,

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