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Dumb Things White People Say About Schools: Cami Anderson
Veteran journaliust Bob Braun is off the chain - and New Jersey, and the nation, are better for it. In a terrific series of posts (here, here, here, and here ), Braun has been skewering the state-appointed superintendent of Newark's schools, Cami Anderson, for what can only be described as an offensive and racist comment - one mailed to the parents of Newark, no less:Cami Anderson, the Christie-ap
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UPDATE: I posted this about 12 hours ago on a late Saturday night, and already it has over 30K hits. I've never seen blog traffic like this, especially on a weekend. Is it not obvious that there has been an enormous amount of frustration and anger building up over Chris Christie's condescension toward teachers, parents, and students? And that all it took was one brave act by one brave teacher, Melissa Tomlinson, to finally break the dam?I, and many others, have not given up. I proudly support Barbara Buono for Governor of NJ, because she would never engage in this thuggish, bullying behavior t
UPDATE: I have an exclusive interview with the teacher in the picture below:I asked him: "Why do you portray our schools as failure factories?" His reply: "Because they are!" He said: "I am tired of you people. What do you want?"Christie just can't keep his loathing of teachers to himself, can he?I figured that Chris Christie's handlers had told him he's got the gubernatorial election in the bag, so he should just lay low. Keep himself in check; don't make waves; just coast to victory...The problem is that Chris Christie HATES teachers. So when a teacher - especi
When Chris Christie isn't yelling at individual teachers, he's busy bashing their unions (11/3/13, Newton, NJ):(5:26) I will tell you, there are the forces that will always fight against us. You see it on TV every day. The folks who believe that the government and your tax dollars are their personal piggy bank to play with and to social engineer. We've got to send a strong message in the last three days, especially to the New Jersey Education Association. It is time to send a strong message.Here the rubes who are actually working for this man applaud him. Poor suckers: they actually think he's
NOV 18
Jazzman Takes 5
I haven't taken a week off in a very long while - it's time. Blogging resumes later this week. Until then, enjoy one of the many fine blogs to your left.May the Merit Pay Fairy watch over you!Youse better get dem SGOs done!
NOV 13
We Don't Need a NJ Version of Race To The Top
For the life of me, I can't think of one good reason why New Jersey needs this:State Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex) has filed a bill to be heard on Thursday that would create an Innovation Fund and appropriate $5 million in its first year to help schools trying new programs in scheduling, technology and other areas. [emphasis mine]The proposal is a mirror image of the fund that Gov. Chris Christie inc