NJEA President Barbara Keshishian issued the following statement in response to Governor Christie’s State of the State address:
“NJEA is eager and willing to enter the discussion over education and pension reform in New Jersey, because we have much to add to that discussion.
“It calls for honesty and candor, yet today Governor Christie painted a picture of his first year in office that does not match up with the experience of people who lived through it. He conveniently failed to mention his $1.3 billion in cuts to public education, but students, parents, and all New Jerseyans have paid steeply for them in larger class sizes, reduced programs, and higher property taxes.
“He may have forgotten, but New Jerseyans remember his administration’s bungling the $400 million Race to the Top application, and his foot dragging on the $268 million in federal jobs funding that could have saved 3,900 New Jersey jobs if he had acted more quickly.
“Instead, he wants to strip teachers of due process rights in order to fire more of them, while openly advocating for private school vouchers and more charter schools.
“His vision for pension reform is fatally flawed because he still refuses to admit his role in
President Obama will mount a fresh attempt this year to rewrite the No Child Left Behind education law, a top administration official said this week, and key congressional Republicans said they are ready to deal.
"The president is ready to move on this," Education Secretary Arne Duncan told The Washington Post.
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairman of a subcommittee on elementary and secondary education, said there is bipartisan consensus that the 2002 law should be overhauled. "We have a lot of common
Updated: Tuesday, 11 Jan 2011, 6:10 PM CST
Published : Tuesday, 11 Jan 2011, 6:10 PM CST
by Jeff Goldberg / FOX 9 News
ST. PAUL, minn. - At the Minnesota State Capitol, lawmakers are taking a closer look at education. That's after a report comes out ranking Minnesota schools with mediocre marks. "Education Week" gave the state an overall mark of "C," ranking 36th in the U.S.
Minnesota got a "D+" on efforts to improve teaching. So what's being done to get a better grade??
Education a big topic of discussion here today as Education Minnesota teacher's union laid out its goals for the session -- goals they believe will lead to better results in the classroom.
They say the top issue, far and away, is closing the state's achievement gaps.
The three steps Education Minnesota is recommending: enhance parent and community involvement with schools -- like home visits and orientation, Bring support services to schools, like medical screenings and lower class sizes.
Union President Tom Dooher
Jerry Brown has named the wife of one of his top advisers to the state Board of Education. Ilene Straus was named to the board Tuesday, replacing Brown's earlier pick, Louis “Bill” Honig.
Honig was named to the board by Brown last week but withdrew from consideration Monday.
Straus, an assistant superintendent in the Beverly Hills Unified School District and former Santa Monica High School principal, is married to Tom Quinn, a longtime Brown confidant. Quinn was Brown’s first pick to head the California Air Resources Board in the 1970s, and he played a key ro
January 11, 2011 1:55 PM
Mayoral candidate Miguel Del Valle. (Credit: CBS)
CHICAGO (WBBM) – Mayoral Candidate and City Clerk Miguel Del Valle outlined his vision for Chicago Public Schools Tuesday, and took a shot at the frontrunner in the race.
As WBBM Newsradio 780 Political Reporter Craig Dellimore reports from Little Village neighborhood, Del Valle slammed Rahm Emanuel for backing legislation in Springfield that would, among other things, bar teachers from striking.
LISTEN: Newsradio 780 Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports
Students from three Brooklyn high schools protested tonight the arrival of a new, selective school that will open in their building next year, arguing that the city has neglected their schools.
Students from the Secondary Schools for Law, Research, and Journalism marched up and down a Park Slope sidewalk this evening chanting and waving signs at startled passersby. All three 6-12 schools share the John Jay High School campus. The city has told them to make room next year for a fourth: the Millennium Brooklyn High School.
Modeled on Millennium High School in lower Manhattan, the new school answers some Park Slope parents’ demands for a selective high school in the area, but it’s also become a
Unlikely Allies: Unions and Districts in the Battle for School Reform
Education Sector
Faced with the task of turning around failing schools using federal stimulus funds, the city of Providence, R.I., is believed to be the first in the nation to align its school district leadership and local teachers’ union into a single governing body responsible for reform.
Though this partnership taking place at four Providence public schools is new and cannot yet report results showing improvement, or failures, the nonprofit education policy think tank Education Sector has issued a report on this partnership between two bureaucracies normally in
