New Jersey Governor Proposing End To Teacher Tenure

Bloomberg News (1/26, Dopp, Deprez) reports, "In New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's perfect world, the worst unionized teachers would forfeit raises or even lose tenure rights they have enjoyed for more than a century. Students in the state's underperforming schools would be offered vouchers to attend private institutions. Failing schools would be taken over by publicly funded charters operated independently of district boards of education." According to Bloomberg, "The plans, which Christie, 48, lays out in town-hall meetings on YouTube, have escalated his war with the teachers' union and helped make him a Republican star. ... Christie's success in winning support for his proposals may determine whether other governors follow his lead."