>yes. originally the NJEA was dead set against the Race for the Top application

>yes. originally the NJEA was dead set against the Race for the Top application

yes. originally the NJEA was dead set against the Race for the Top application, but there was a backlash because they looked obstructionist to the public. so they went to bret schundler (christie’s education head) and tried to get schundler to agree to submit an app with some key changes, and then the NJEA would support it.

christie was pissed that schundler was going to give in to the demands of the union (i.e. the union was dead set against merit pay for good teachers, which christie supports). so christie said no giving in to the union.

the union pulled their “support”, and NJ was dinged (union support counts for something in the scoring process).

the union never supported the race to the top. they were only going to support it if NJ didn’t propose to change things the NJEA didn’t like.

and now the NJEA’s d’bag head Barbara Keshishian had the balls to say Christie “….owes students and taxpayers an apology for undermining a process that could have brought much-needed resources and genuine reform to our state’s public schools”. That’s a laugh!

if you listened to the NJEA in the past (including up to the application for the race to the top), everything’s fine. No need for reform!

Get real