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Monday, February 27, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: 30 Pieces of Silver

Jersey Jazzman: 30 Pieces of Silver:

30 Pieces of Silver

It doesn't take a lot of money to sell out teachers:
In the latest move to use money as an incentive, Gov. Chris Christie's administration has added to its new school funding plan a multimillion dollar program to reward schools and districts that meet specific goals and implement targeted reforms.
Acting education commissioner Chris Cerf outlined the new "Innovation Fund" in last week's 83-page report on school funding, which serves as the basis of Christie's proposed system for distributing state aid to schools next year and beyond.
Under Cerf's plan, the Innovation Fund would serve two functions.
First, it would provide dollar rewards to schools that make specific achievement gains,