NJEA president praises teachers during address, ignores Christie administration snub
Published: Friday, November 05, 2010, 2:43 PM Updated: Friday, November 05, 2010, 2:43 PM
New Jersey Education Association President Barbara Keshishian at the podium with three members of the New Jersey State Board of Education meeting at the NJEA convention in Atlantic City.ATLANTIC CITY — Politics were set aside today during an address by the president of the state's largest teachers union at an event honoring teaching excellence, in spite of expectations she would use the speech to criticize the Christie administration.
New Jersey Education Association President Barbara Keshishian said she considered the celebration of excellence a highlight of the annual teachers convention at the Sheraton in Atlantic City. She said the spirit of the event was to recognize those teachers making a difference in New Jersey's classrooms.