Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Just by showing up for interview, governor demonstrates how his relationship with union has evolved.
The fact that Gov. Chris Christie didn’t win the New Jersey Education Association’s endorsement for governor this weekend wasn’t all that unexpected. The surprise was that he participated in the process at all. Four years after Christie sent a public letter rather than showing up for his pitch to the NJEA, the governor walked across West State St. in Trenton -- right on time for his 6:30 appointment. In what was described as a cordial back and forth, Christie spent 45 minutes in front of the 15 union leaders who make up the screening committee, responding to probing questions about everything from pensions to teacher evaluation. Ultimately, the union’s PAC picked the Democratic challenger, state Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex), by a …
Friday, January 25, 2013
The creator of a controversial documentary on NJ schools is holding a conference in East Windsor this weekend, open to anyone with questions about the school choice movement.
School choice is an issue that's coming into its own in New Jersey, and Hoboken resident and filmmaker Bob Bowdon has had something to do with that. "The Cartel", Bowdon's award-winning 2009 documentary on what he sees as the low quality and runaway spending of the state's schools, has had a large part in changing the conversation on how schools should operate. That question is going to be the centerpiece in one of the first-ever conferences on school choice in New Jersey. That conference, the New Jersey School Choice Summit, takes place this Sunday, January 27, from 3 pm to 6 pm at the Central New Jersey Conference Center at the Holiday Inn in East Windsor. "It's going to be kind of cool," Bowdon said. "Ordinary people can ask questions …
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
After Sandy batters Atlantic City, the state teachers' union cancels its annual gathering there.
New Jersey’s teachers won’t gather in Atlantic City for their annual convention for the first time in 158 years. The damage and ongoing problems left behind by monster storm Sandy forced the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) to cancel its Nov. 8-9 conference at the shore town. NJEA said its convention is the largest gathering of its kind worldwide, and the sheer size helped make the final decision to cancel. “The NJEA Convention is a massive event, involving tens of thousands of people,” NJEA President Barbara Keshishian said. “We concluded it was simply not advisable to try to have that many people on the roads and using public transportation while so many communities are struggling to restore power and basic services to their …
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3:25 pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Christie's for the affordable schools and a good education for our children, NJEA is for special interest, higher salaries and pensions for their members; and they back Buono. Shows the profound difference between the two candidates for governor. more ›