TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie will air his education plans in another high-level academic setting. Christie is scheduled to speak with faculty and students at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Mass., on Friday. The governor's proposals to end lifetime teacher tenure, tie educators' raises to student performance and speed the process for getting rid of...
Gov. Chris Christie holds a town meeting in Hamilton this week before a crowd of about 250 people. The sign at left reads: Only 65 days left for the do-nothing Legislature to act.TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie will air his education plans in another high-level academic setting.
Christie is scheduled to speak with faculty and students at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Mass., on Friday.
The governor's proposals to end lifetime teacher tenure, tie educators' raises to student performance and speed the process for getting rid of bad teachers have drawn national interest.
His plans have gotten a cool reception from the powerful public teachers union back home.
Friday's event will be the Christie administration's third presentation of its reform proposals before a prestigious academic audience.
Christie addressed education experts at a Brookings Institute-sponsored event in New York City last month. His education commissioner, Chris Cerf, presented the administration's ideas at Princeton University in February.
Previous coverage:
• Education chief Arne Duncan makes case for 'urgent' reforms during Princeton University speech
• Gov. Christie says he agrees 'wholeheartedly' with Obama's education reform efforts
• Christie proposes education reform bills that would eliminate current tenure system for teachers
• Gov. Christie unveils bills linking tenure to teacher evaluations
• Gov. Christie continues assault on teachers unions at town hall meeting in Cape May County
• Gov. Christie conditionally vetoes bill on renegotiating N.J. teachers contracts
• Gov. Christie pushes tenure reform at N.Y. nonpartisan think tank event
• Gov. Christie pledges reinvestment in higher education, talks tenure reform at Nutley town hall