Acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf is scheduled to speak today at the convention of the New Jersey Education Association in Atlantic City, an event Gov. Christie says he wasn't invited to
Governor Chris Christie listens to Chris Cerf, N.J. Acting Education commissioner; during a school visit in this September file photo. Cerf is expected to speak today at the annual teachers convention in Atlantic City. ATLANTIC CITY — New Jersey's education chief is taking Gov. Chris Christie's ideas for overhauling the state's public schools to a tough crowd: The state's largest teachers union.
Acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf is scheduled to speak today at the convention of the New Jersey Education Association in Atlantic City.
Christie says he wasn't invited.
Cerf and Christie back several changes that teachers oppose. Among them: Using some public money to fund scholarships to send children to private schools and paying educators based partly on how much their students improve on standardized tests.
The teachers union unveiled its own alternative reform ideas this week.
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