AFT: “VAM is a Sham”
January 8, 2014QOD: Will Christie’s BridgeGate Affect His Education Reform Agenda?
January 10, 2014New WHYY Post: How Are Those November School Elections Going?
Here’s my column today at WHYY’s Newsworks (if you’re tired of reading about Bridge-gate):
Okay, maybe he’s no shrinking violet, but it’s worth taking note that almost exactly two years ago today Christie signed A-4394/S-3148, a law that gives school districts the right to bypass school budget votes if they move school board member elections to November.
After years of dissent from the New Jersey Education Association and the NJ School Boards Association, the bill, mostly sponsored by Democrats in the Statehouse, passed quietly, forever changing the dynamics of school board politics and fiscal strategy. Final vote tallies were 34-3 in the Senate and 62-11 in the Assembly.
Wait: you mean school board elections used to be in April?
Read the rest here.
