>I was horrified by the arrogance of Vincent Giordano’s comments in this article. He clearly seems to think that education in NJ exists to serve his union’s members. Could he be more out of touch?
The stereotypical union mentality is certainly alive and well in the NJEA. The NJEA obviously doesn’t appreciated that the populist anger has turned on them.
By the way, let’s stop using the recession as an excuse. It may have turned the light on the NJEA and its abuses of the taxpayer in NJ, but the recession is not why teachers should be paid for performance or tenure should be abolished or why bloated benefits packages and 4% annual raises (regardless of inflation or deflation) must end. If not for the recession, would these things be acceptable? Of course not. So, let’s keep focused on the source of the problems with education and not blame the economy.
