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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Has the Ruiz Tenure Bill Changed?

Jersey Jazzman: Has the Ruiz Tenure Bill Changed?:


Has the Ruiz Tenure Bill Changed?

I am withholding judgment until I see the bill itself. But if what the Star-Ledger is reporting is true, we may have just seen an enormous breakthrough in the debate on tenure "reform":
More than a year after state Sen. Teresa Ruiz began gathering evidence on how to overhaul the state’s century-old teacher tenure law, a bill that would link the job protection to regular evaluations may soon be fast-tracked in Trenton.
Ruiz (D-Essex) said during an editorial board meeting late last week that she has meetings scheduled Monday to hammer out the bill’s contents and expects to