Booker: It's All About Paying Less for Teachers
It's about time Supermayor admitted what reforminess is all about (behind a paywall - Lisa Fleisher, tell Old Man Murdoch I really can't afford this on my teacher salary...):
Borrowing a page from New York City, Houston and other cities, Newark could soon use money from the foundation started by Facebook FB +0.61% founder Mark Zuckerberg to offer buyouts to teachers in a cost-saving move.Schools Superintendent Cami Anderson has approached the teachers' union with the idea, which has a twofold intent: give weak educators incentive to leave and pare what she calls the district's oversize payroll.The effort comes as lawmakers in Trenton negotiate a bill to weaken tenure protections
