Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Jersey Jazzman: Boo-Friggin'-Hoo

Boo-Friggin'-Hoo

A team of Democratic heavy-hitters soundly rejected an advertisement released today by the New Jersey Education Association, calling it “shallow name calling” and holding it up as an example of what has gone wrong with the state’s public school system.
The ad campaign attacked Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester), a lead proponent of proposed reform that would shift more pension and benefit costs to public workers, saying he cared more about appeasing party bosses like South Jersey Democratic powerbroker George Norcross than serving the public.
Norcross told reporters gathered here this evening that the union was making personal attacks because it was afraid of real reform to give parents and

Betrayal

by Duke

What else would you call this?

TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie and all four legislative leaders have announced a hard-fought deal to overhaul pension and health benefits for New Jersey's public employees.
The top lawmakers include Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester), Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex), Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr. (R-Union) and Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce (R-Morris).

I am sickened and disgusted by the easy capitulation shown by the Democrats on this. After years of enjoying teacher, police, firefighter, and other public worker support, they are now prepared to stab us all in the back.

Every middle class public employee will take a huge pay cut and huge loss in benefits. And for their trouble,

All Education Matters: Dept. of Education's SWAT Team Story - Insider from the Department of Education Comments?

Dept. of Education's SWAT Team Story - Insider from the Department of Education Comments?

by C. Cryn Johannsen

There are a number of higher education policy experts who share their thoughts on AEM. Congressional aides and student advocate groups also spend time on here. The comments from these individuals are oftentimes intriguing, especially when they suggest that the person is responding from an institutional perspective.

Last week a story that originally aired on News10 in Stockton, California caught my eye. I was not the only one to pounce on the clip about the alleged Department of Education's S.W.A.T. Kenneth Wright had his door destroyed at approximately 6 AM. The story also sparked an curious response from a reader.

Recap of the Stockton events

[Note: If you've been following this story closely, skip ahead to the section entitled, "Reader's Curious Remarks"]

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: SCHOOL LIBRARIANS GET THE THIRD DEGREE

SCHOOL LIBRARIANS GET THE THIRD DEGREE

BY GENA HASKETT / BLOGHER ORIGINAL POST | HTTP://BIT.LY/LRVAGL

June 15, 2011 9:00 am - The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is having serious budget problems. There is a a section on district web site that shows a chart of how they spend the money. One of the LAUSD solutions is the closing of elementary and middle school libraries.

Most of the library staff have received layoff notices. Senior high school libraries will remain open for the present time.

There is a ignorant persistent cultural murmur about we have the Internet now, so we don’t need educated book pullers anymore. So that we are on common ground, please watch this video about what 21st-century school librarians actually do for K-12 students.

School librarians or teacher librarians in California are dual credentialed. This means these are teachers with a library certification,

Big Education Ape: 6-15-11 PM Why the Republican War on Workers' Rights Undermines the American Economy Edition

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