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Special interests alive and well, Christie says in lamenting lack of voucher programs

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Special interests alive and well, Christie says in lamenting lack of voucher programs SAYREVILLE – Gov. Chris Christie again turned his attention to New Jersey’s teacher unions when talking about school vouchers. The governor told residents the reason the state does not have a school voucher [...]
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Readers Mock NJEA Endorsement of Senator Barbara Bruno

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2 months ago
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Readers Mock NJEA  Endorsement of Senator Barbara Bruno What a shocker? No, this can’t be true? Union people, voting for the person who better supports their 4+% raises, premium healthcare, and pensions…. Why wouldn’t you support pay freezes, like the public sector gets, Paying more into your [...]
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NJ teachers union endorses Buono for governor

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2 months ago
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NJ teachers union endorses Buono for governor Last updated: Sunday March 17, 2013, 9:10 AM BY  BARBARA WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER The Record The state’s largest teachers union endorsed Democrat Barbara Buono for governor after a 15-member screening committee met with her and Governor Christie this [...]
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Reform group’s study finds Garden State teachers unions among most influential

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6 months ago
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Reform group’s study finds Garden State teachers unions among most influential MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2012 BY LESLIE BRODY STAFF WRITER THE RECORD New Jersey teacher unions are among the strongest nationwide, a report due for release today by a conservative research group says. The Fordham Institute [...]
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Chicago teachers strike: Could it happen in New Jersey?

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8 months ago
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Chicago teachers strike: Could it happen in New Jersey? Teachers are walking picket lines in Chicago over job security, compensation and evaluations, the very issues that have been in the forefront of efforts to improve New Jersey schools. At the heart of the walkout this week by 26,000 Chicago [...]
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NJ schools prepare to implement new teacher evaluations

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8 months ago
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NJ schools prepare to implement new teacher evaluations New Jersey’s plans for having a statewide teacher evaluation system in place by 2013-2014 goes full throttle this year, with every school district in the state being required to start putting the key pieces in place. Much of the attention has [...]
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Christie lauds teacher evaluation pilot program

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8 months ago
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Christie lauds teacher evaluation pilot program Gov. Chris Christie paid a visit to the high school here – one of the ten districts in the state’s teacher evaluation pilot program – to highlight the ongoing education initiatives of his administration. He pointed out that Haddonfield is an example [...]
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Back to School: Former Essex County Teacher Of The Year Accused In School Sex Scandal

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8 months ago
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Erica DePalo (Credit: CBS 2) Back to School: Former Essex County Teacher Of The Year Accused In School Sex Scandal August 31, 2012 7:40 PM WEST ORANGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – A former teacher of the year is accused in a school sex scandal, and she’s just been arrested. Erica DePalo made a video after [...]
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Back to School: Defining a good teacher

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8 months ago
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Back to School: Defining a good teacher SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2012 BY CHARLES SAYDAH THE RECORD Charles Saydah is editor of The Record’s Your Views. What sane person would want the likes of Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. as a teacher? WE HEAR a lot about good teachers, particularly in New Jersey. The [...]
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Back to School: Salary caps chasing North Jersey superintendents out of state

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8 months ago
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Back to School: Salary caps chasing North Jersey superintendents out of state Monday August 27, 2012, 12:01 AM BY  LESLIE BRODY AND DAVE SHEINGOLD STAFF WRITERS The Record In the two years since Governor Christie dictated caps on salaries for school superintendents, almost half of the 97 North [...]
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Despite all the shouting Englewood Board of Education approves outsourcing

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9 months ago
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  Despite all the shouting Englewood Board of Education approves outsourcing Tuesday July 31, 2012, 10:36 PM BY  REBECCA BAKER STAFF WRITER The Record ENGLEWOOD — Angry clashes at meetings, protests in the street and a pair of late-night bargaining sessions all failed to prevent Englewood from [...]
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The Christie administration is moving ahead with new regulations for charter schools

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9 months ago
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The Christie administration is moving ahead with new regulations for charter schools Cerf goes his own way on proposed charter regulations The Christie administration is moving ahead with new regulations for charter schools, jumping ahead of the Legislature and its plans to take up the issue — and [...]
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Charter school performance framework

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10 months ago
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Charter school performance framework What it is: The state Department of Education last week released a 23-page checklist for all new charter covering academic, financial and other operations. The framework sets standards on everything from how well students must fare on state tests to financial [...]
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N.J. Dept. of Ed. releases guide on town spending on public schooling

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10 months ago
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N.J. Dept. of Ed. releases guide on town spending on public schooling Taxpayers who want to know how much their home towns spend on public schooling can find that information in a guide released today by the state Department of Education. The data used to create the 2012 Taxpayer’s Guide to [...]
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Education Reform: Teacher ratings to remain hidden

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10 months ago
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Education Reform: Teacher ratings to remain hidden If you think the new education reform bill means you’ll get to see what grade your child’s teacher receives on his or her evaluation, think again. The grades, part of a teacher tenure reform bill that sits on Gov. Chris Christie’s desk, would be [...]
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The ‘other’ online charters get ready for new school year in NJ

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10 months ago
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The ‘other’ online charters get ready for new school year in NJ They are the online charter schools that haven’t gotten much attention in New Jersey, the ones that will blend online tools with in-person teaching. That lack of attention is likely to change soon, however. Acting Education [...]
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New Jersey now has a uniform standard for evaluating charter schools

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10 months ago
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New Jersey now has a uniform standard for evaluating charter schools When New Jersey approved nine new charter schools on Monday, it also announced a new accountability system aimed at setting uniform standards to evaluate the success of charters over time. The annual “Performance Framework” will [...]
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