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 Testy Christie rejects cooperation. Puts ideology ahead of education - again. 6/5/2010 Apparently, the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing in Gov. Christie’s administration. Earlier this week, the governor abruptly rejected a carefully crafted agreement reached between his own Commissioner of Education, Bret Schundler, and the New Jersey Education Association. The agreement, designed to bolster New Jersey’s bid for $400 million in federal Race to the Top education funding, was the result of weeks of collaboration between educators and the Christie administration’s Department of Education. Striving to improve on the state’s earlier failed application, th...   Read Full Article Christie and the NJEA / Truce shattered 6/3/2010 Well, this might have been an editorial today praising the New Jersey Education Association and Gov. Chris Christie for calling a temporary truce and compromising in order to win $400 million in badly needed "Race to the Top" federal education funds. But scratch that one. On Tuesday, Christie unexpectedly rejected a compromise negotiated by Education Commissioner Bret Schundler and the teachers union last week, enraging union officials - who immediately pulled their support for the application. Christie contends his proposals on merit pay for individual teachers, put... Read Full ArticleRally to Protect NJ's Families and Communities! 5/22/2010 Saturday, May 22, 2010. 12:00pm. West State Street in Trenton. Join thousands of other New Jerseyans for the Rally to Protect NJ’s Families and Communities. Shuttles will be available from mass transit (Riverline Lightrail or NJ Transit), to take you to and from the rally.... Read Full Article
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