Who Is in the Driver’s Seat: NJEA Leaders or Phil Murphy?
Two weeks ago Governor Phil Murphy was the guest speaker at Rider University’s Rebovich Institute for Politics’ “Governing New Jersey” series.* As reported by always-reliable journalist Lea Kahn, Murphy listed three educational priorities: 1)“fully funding the pension system;” 2)”bringing health care costs down — particularly, the percentage that teachers must contribute toward their health insurance premium;” and 3) reversing “the shocking diminution in the number of future teachers in the pipeline” while making NJ “number …