Posted on 09/28/2010 3:20:01 PM PDT by hecht
Christie Announces Sweeping N.J. Education Reform Governor Ready To Test Teachers In Reading And Math September 28, 2010 5:30 PM
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (CBS 2) — Determined to turn New Jersey’s education system on its head, Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday unveiled a tough-love reform package that will make classroom achievement — not seniority or tenure — the basis for pay hikes and career advancement in Garden State public schools. Christie is turning his take-no-prisoner’s style to the classroom, demanding a top to bottom overhaul of how New Jersey students learn and teachers teach. And that means undoing tenure, seniority and other union work rules. “We cannot wait. Your children are sitting in these classrooms today. We cannot wait to make it better,” Christie told CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer. Unqualified teachers will feel the lash. The governor is demanding that teachers in kindergarten through fifth grade actually pass tests in reading and math in order to be certified. “It might lead to the firing of teachers and principals who hurt our children,” Christie said. The governor wants to turn the old seniority system inside out and put quality teaching ahead of lack-luster performance. He will: * Prohibit salary scales based on seniority * Grant raises based on classroom performance * Give tenure based on classroom performance “We are paying a fortune for something that is not giving our children the hope and the feeling that their tomorrow can be better than their future,” Christie said. The governor said he would appoint a task force to come up with standards to measure teacher achievement. Educational experts applauded the governor’s actions. “He is with excellence in education for everyone by prioritizing teachers — their brilliance, their art and their skills. We will dramatically improve the quality of education of our kids in New Jersey, particularly those most in need,” said Derrell Bradford, director of Excellent Education for Everyone. The governor needs the state Legislature to approve the changes to seniority and tenure. The rest of the things he did by signing executive orders. A spokesman for the New Jersey Education Association attacked the governor’s plan saying that once again he was “trying to implement education reform without any input from educators.”
I bet there is a guy in Sacramento whining “ that could have been me”
Chritie rocks. He is a man of action.
Is that sort of like trying to implement criminal reforms without any input from criminals?
That aren’t fair!
This is Da’ Man in action. May God bless, strengthen and protect him.
To quote Idiocracy: “You have a bucket with 3 gallons of water and a bucket with 5 gallons of water...how many buckets do you have?”
The problem goes all the way back to the Education departments at the colleges. Dump the “Education” degree and require degrees in English to teach English. Degree in Mathematics to teach Math.....etc.
He will: * Prohibit salary scales based on seniority * Grant raises based on classroom performance * Give tenure based on classroom performance.”
Bill Clinton tried this in Arkansas in the ‘80s to garner support for the ‘education Governor’ - pencil and paper tests will not measure ‘good’ or ‘bad’ teaching; Clinton was effective in wasting 2-3 million dollars of taxpayers’ money on silly tests which accomplished nothing...
I’m pleased, as a teacher/professor of over 40 years, that his ‘plan’ includes ‘classroom performance’ which, to me, means that a competent overseer will visit the classroom and will witness the teacher in action. I once worked in a middle school (many years back) where the principal and three assistants visited my social studies classroom three times each, total of 12 visits. I felt they knew what I was doing and my style and rapport with students. If Christie’s measures include scores on tests, the universities where teachers graduated already have this; you cannot measure teacher effectiveness unless you have guidelines and specific, measureable behaviors that can be observed. Then, the most effective step in all this measurement: follow-up with the overseer, who is hopefully a competent teacher who knows the qualities and behaviors of effective teaching.
Will the test be offered in ebonics?
>A spokesman for the New Jersey Education Association attacked the governor’s plan saying that once again he was “trying to implement education reform without any input from educators.”
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LOL! Those so-called “ejucators” are the problem. What is the obsession with libtards and “reform”?
“They should also publish the teachers SAT scores.”
Who wants to bet a good number don’t have any.
Bush, Kerry and Gore;
http://www.insidepolitics.org/heard/heard32300.html
What did Obama do on his?
Most will fail and a lot will cheat. They are gonna scream bloody murder.
Christie has become buddies with the mayor of Newark on trying to make improvements in inner cities. I am not sure where that will go but the guy is smart.
Our country and states need to spend money on things that will return future returns (highways, nuke energy, etc.) rather than on the waste currently making up most of the budgets.
They should also publish the teachers SAT scores. Christie ‘12
Paul Allen: 1600
Microsoft co-founder
Bill Gates: 1590
Microsoft co-founder
Bill O’Reilly: 1585
Political commentator and host of The O’Reilly Factor
James Woods: 1579
Actor (Scary Movie 2, Any Given Sunday)
Ben Stein: 1573
Actor and game show host (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Win Ben Stein’s Money)
Al Gore: 1355
45th Vice President of the United States
Stephen King: 1300s
Author (The Shining, The Green Mile)
Meredith Vieira: 1300s
Television Host (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, The Today Show)
George W. Bush: 1206
43rd President of the United States
Amy Tan: 1100s
Author (The Joy Luck Club)
Bill Clinton: 1032
42nd President of the United States
Al Franken: 1020
Actor, author, and political commentator (Saturday Night Live)
Janeane Garofalo: 950
Actress (Dogma, Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion)
Howard Stern: 870
Radio Personality
Never saw that before. “stoopid” Bush had higher scores than rapist Clinton.
This guy could easily be the man we want for president in 2012.
“Never saw that before. “stoopid” Bush had higher scores than rapist Clinton.”
Bush also scored higher on his OCS testing than Gore.
Where’s Obama’s history in school?
Totally great idea. The quality of teachers being cranked out is a national embarrassment.
The paychecks need to end for the teachers who are only in it for indoctrination purposes, healthcare and a pension.
If people don’t stand up and expect excellence, they won’t get excellence.
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