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05-12-2011, 06:16 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the only way to transform the nation's troubled schools is to tackle the teachers unions head-on.
The outspoken Republican's latest swipe at Democrat-friendly unions came Wednesday at a bipartisan panel on education reform. His willingness to battle labor groups for reforms in his state has won him national attention.
Christie wants to end lifetime teacher tenure and to tie educators' raises to student performance. He says it's wrong that teachers get raises whether they're, in his words, "good, bad, excellent or lousy."
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http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Christie-Unions/2011/05/11/id/396036
The outspoken Republican's latest swipe at Democrat-friendly unions came Wednesday at a bipartisan panel on education reform. His willingness to battle labor groups for reforms in his state has won him national attention.
Christie wants to end lifetime teacher tenure and to tie educators' raises to student performance. He says it's wrong that teachers get raises whether they're, in his words, "good, bad, excellent or lousy."
Read more
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Christie-Unions/2011/05/11/id/396036