Jersey Jazzman: Conflict of Interest, Jersey Style

Jersey Jazzman: Conflict of Interest, Jersey Style:

Conflict of Interest, Jersey Style

by Duke

Andy Smarick, the Deputy Commissioner of the NJ Department of Education, serves on the Board of Directors of 50CAN.

This group is advocating specific policy proposals that are hotly debated:

• End of seniority-based layoffs.
• Test-based teacher evaluations.
• Charter schools.

Smarick is, of course, entitled to his opinion on these things, as wrong as that opinion may be. He does,