Christie Moves to Block School Districts from Circumventing His CapsDo school boards have to honor salary caps that won't go into effect until February?
While Gov. Chris Christie has made noise about demanding new salary caps for school superintendents, Englewood is reportedly negotiating a salary for its new superintendent of around $200,000. Somerville hired a new one at $175,000. Both exceed the caps for comparably sized districts.
But since Christie’s caps must go through the review process and would not be effective until February, that has left local school boards -- and the Christie administration -- with the quandary of what to do until then.
No Last-Minute Rush
Christie this week said that acting Education Commissioner Rochelle Hendricks has informed
30 Percent of State Public Schools on Federal 'Needs Improvement List'As state and federal standards change, more New Jersey schools fall afoul of No Child Left Behind
As state and federal standards change, more New Jersey schools fall afoul of No Child Left Behind.
The growing number of New Jersey schools falling short of achievement targets set by the federal No Child Left Behind Act may be as much about changing state and federal standards as it is about the schools.
The state this week released the latest list of schools falling short of the federal government’s target achievement levels for “adequate yearly progress.” An additional 209 schools have missed the targets and landed on the ”needs improvement” list. That brings the total to 657 schools, or close to a third of all public schools in the state.
But state officials also conceded that the measures used under the controversial federal law have