Brent Staples writes in a column for the New York Times (10/25) that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) "has been bludgeoning the state's teachers and their unions since he took office earlier this year" which "has raised his profile nationally" yet "has also made rational conversation on school reform nearly impossible." Staples recounts former New Jersey Education Commissioner Bret Schundler's view that Christie "sabotaged" New Jersey's Race to the Top grant application, adding that when it comes to education reform, Christie "raises the right subjects - merit pay, tenure, evaluation - but nearly always in an inflammatory fashion." Staples adds that even "if the school reform effort succeeds" in Newark, NJ, "the Christie style will have made it that much harder to pull off."
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