Jersey Jazzman: Define "Reform"

Jersey Jazzman: Define "Reform"

Define "Reform"

by Duke

I really have no interest in turning this blog into the "Tom Moran Watch." The Star-Ledger editor has been making me nuts as of late, but it isn't all about him.

So I'm going to take a pass on criticizing this piece, and instead focus on this one graph:

The governor calls education reform his next “big thing.” He wants to effectively end lifetime tenure, pay teachers based on merit, expand charter schools, provide vouchers for private schools and strip away rules that protect senior teachers during layoffs, regardless of merit.

This is as good of a list as I've seen encapsulating the "reform" agenda. But if you read the rest of the piece,