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March 5, 2010

NJ’s “Sham Reform”

We’re very comfortable with our opposition to [Race To The Top]. We think (U.S. Secretary of Education) Arne Duncan’s vision of how to increase student […]
March 5, 2010

Schundler on RTTT and NJEA

Statement of Acting Commissioner of Education Bret SchundlerU.S. Department of Education Race to the Top AnnouncementMarch 4, 2010 “President Obama’s education initiative, Race to the […]
March 4, 2010

NJEA’s Strategic Stumble

Here’s NJEA President Barbara Keshishian explaining how the State is entirely at fault for NJ’s fiscal mess by failing to make pension payments: “It’s time […]
March 3, 2010

A Modest Proposal

NJEA President Barbara Keshishian has a news release out today slamming Gov. Christie’s seizure of $475 million in local district surplus accounts. Add to that […]
March 1, 2010

Conflicting Roles for NJEA’s Giordano

Vince Giordano, NJEA’s Executive Director, makes no bones about his organization’s key positions: maintain 4%-5% annual salary increases for teachers, stymie attempts to mandate contributions […]
March 1, 2010

Ledger: Freeze Teacher Salaries

The Star-Ledger Editorial Board declares that NJ’s “collective bargaining system is broken” (referring to the sound and fury expelled during negotiations in Marlboro [see here […]
February 25, 2010

NJEA Goes Viral

The new Facebook page mellifluously entitled “NEW JERSEY TEACHERS UNITED AGAINST GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE’S PAY FREEZE” has this disclaimer prominently displayed: “This page is not […]
February 23, 2010

Quote of the Day

Charles Stile ponders the “reversal of fortune” for unions in NJ (specifically NJEA and CWA), as public opinion veers from sympathy to frustration to contempt […]
February 22, 2010

Keep The Heat On

As Gov. Christie continues to position the NJEA leadership in the role as Chief Obstructionist to creating an affordable and accountable NJ public school system, […]