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Chris Christie wants to test teachers in reading and math!
CBS article copied onto Blog The Real United States Blog ^ | Thursday September 28, 2010 | NJ Governor's Office

Posted on 09/29/2010 7:24:30 PM PDT by Tumba

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (credit: NJ Governor’s Office) From jcap17 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.”


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1 posted on 09/29/2010 7:24:31 PM PDT by Tumba
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To: Tired of Taxes; metmom; wintertime; JenB

Not a homeschooling thread, but an educational one of particular importance to parents in New Jersey.


2 posted on 09/29/2010 7:25:29 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Obama's more worried about Israelis building houses than he is about Islamists building atomic bombs)
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To: Tumba

The man is gonna get himself killed by messin’ with these union types.It would be safer to go after the Mafia.


3 posted on 09/29/2010 7:26:42 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Tumba

That bastard!


4 posted on 09/29/2010 7:28:36 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (Chuck Norris wears Carl Paladino pajamas.)
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To: Tumba

They will go nuts over this. Utterly, frothing at the mouth, chewing on the carpet, wetting themselves NUTS.


5 posted on 09/29/2010 7:35:15 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Detente with the GOP nomenklatura - trust, but verify.)
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To: Farmer Dean

I hope that is not how it works out, but he is stepping on a lot of toes.


6 posted on 09/29/2010 7:36:00 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Tumba
Math is racist. Reading too. English: racist as all getout. Science: racist, invented by dead white males, a lot of 'em Jews.
7 posted on 09/29/2010 7:37:40 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

He’s making up for lost time.


8 posted on 09/29/2010 7:38:32 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

“I hope that is not how it works out, but he is stepping on a lot of toes.”

That’s what happens when you dance with the unions— they all have two left feet. ;-)


9 posted on 09/29/2010 7:39:04 PM PDT by sthguard (The DNC theme song: "All You Need is Guv")
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To: Tumba

The man does not rest. Moving from one issue to the next, building up victories for small government. He doesn’t let the enemy up for air before he punches them again. He is EXACTLY what we need at a national level. ALL Republicans need to be this combative with government bureaucrats and their Dem enablers.


10 posted on 09/29/2010 7:39:59 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard
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To: Psalm 144

I just hope they have the common courtesy to do it in public so we have their meltdowns on tape. Seriously, can you imagine the ads we could string together?


11 posted on 09/29/2010 7:40:34 PM PDT by 1cewolf (Duty, honor, excellence.)
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To: Tumba

At this point, in many states and municipalities, it would be best to just do whatever it takes to shut the public education system down completely. They are spending $15,000+ per student in these places and are completely failing. We’re all paying for this and it is breaking us. Let the kiddies stay home or go to private school, whatever. Whether there is a school or not they’ll be sure to find ways to get stoned, pregnant, sick with STDs, whatever. People can’t keep paying for this.


12 posted on 09/29/2010 7:41:15 PM PDT by PaleoBob
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He’ll destroy education. Teachers will leave wholesale. I’m voting for a Dem for Governor for the first time because Florida’s legislature tried the same thing. We need a Dem to nullify them.


13 posted on 09/29/2010 7:42:26 PM PDT by webboy45
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To: Farmer Dean

There is no difference between a teachers union and a mafia family.


14 posted on 09/29/2010 7:44:42 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Obama makes me miss Jimmah Cahtah!)
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To: webboy45
He’ll destroy education. Teachers will leave wholesale. I’m voting for a Dem for Governor for the first time because Florida’s legislature tried the same thing. We need a Dem to nullify them.

Are you high? Seriously. Why would good, competent teachers leave? The only ones who will leave are the bad, incompetent teachers, which is the whole point.

15 posted on 09/29/2010 7:44:53 PM PDT by Hoodat (.For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

So many high paid NEA types would be out of their jobs if Christie carries through,it’s motive for his murder in my opinion.


16 posted on 09/29/2010 7:46:07 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Farmer Dean

That is a negative.It take a clear focus to see a need and he is responding to this.We support him.


17 posted on 09/29/2010 7:46:39 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Tumba

How dare he... Asking teachers to actually prove they know what the hell they are teaching about... LOL...

I love this guy, we need many more like him and our fight to take back America will succeed.


18 posted on 09/29/2010 7:47:15 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey (Obama is a dangerous radical and our nation has one choice, Vote or Die.)
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To: webboy45

Hey, buddy — education is and already has been DESTROYED. Many public schools are merely holding tanks/and/or daycare drop offs for either working parents or strung-out and/or disinterested parents w/ many, many other priorities other than the education of their children.

I for one am TIRED of paying taxes for holding tanks that produce nothing. We have to spend our time homeschooling our special needs son bec the local public school will only “pretend” to teach him to read. It’s a pathetic waste of precious resources.

The NJ gov is trying to SAVE education.


19 posted on 09/29/2010 7:48:26 PM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: Tumba

Christie is showing the rest of the State’s Governor’s what real LEADERSHIP is....


20 posted on 09/29/2010 7:48:38 PM PDT by goodnesswins (There are Indian Reservations in the US LARGER than Israel. Leave Israel alone!)
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