Teacher Tenure Down for the Count in New Jersey

"Paying a King's ransom for failure" — that's what Governor Christie called the current tenure laws in Newark's public schools, which protect the worst teachers from discipline or dismissal. Because the school district cannot afford the...

On the Democrats' Chances in North Carolina

Gary Pearce, a former North Carolina Democratic consultant, said about his party’s chances this year : "I think the greatest strength that the party has is President Obama. And he's the thing that people will rally around." Even President Obama cannot...

Kafkaesque Public Schools: Miramonte Elementary

The teachers who were forced to move to another school, a high school about to open, have opened up since their directed relocation. Where does Mr. Deasy get the idea that transplanting an entire horde of teachers is going to effect the necessary change that allays...