NJ Spotlight--Putting Acting Commissioner Repollet’s Staff Picks in Perspective
As he names assistant commissioners, Repollet draws both on newcomers and on department veterans
After a bumpy start, acting state Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet is completing his senior staff with a mix of department veterans and newcomers.
John Mooney | May 11, 2018
Education Week--The Teachers Are Winning. What Does It Mean for the Profession?
The extraordinary wave of teacher strikes highlights these crucial but often forgotten facts: In number, teachers are the largest profession in the United States. And collectively, they have the power to demand and win changes to funding and salaries.
It's a stark reminder in an era characterized by diminishing labor influence. And yet political scientists, researchers, and labor-watchers say it's tough to predict how teachers' reawakened activism will continue to evolve.
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/05/09/the-teachers-are-winning-what-does-it.html
Stephen Sawchuk| May 7, 2018