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Friday, November 16, 2012

Chris Christie, Randi Weingarten (and Bradley Cooper) on new Newark teachers contract

Chris Christie, Randi Weingarten (and Bradley Cooper) on new Newark teachers contract:


Chris Christie, Randi Weingarten (and Bradley Cooper) on new Newark teachers contract

Here’s the video of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on the MSNBC program “Morning Joe” Friday morning talking up the new teachers contract they negotiated in Newark, which was just ratified by members of the teachers union who had been working without a contract since 2010. 
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The contract is controversial in part because it allows merit pay for teachers deemed to be