| I think that Christie's appointment of Schundler is a great first step to getting some proper urban education reform going in New Jersey. This is best for the children in the affected districts, and fairer to NJ taxpayers. Obviously, the question is whether the NJEA and its servants in the Legislature will let Schundler go through, but I think he will do so. Not letting him in would be tantamount to a declaration of war at the start of the term. Given the impending and startling Brown-Coakley election, I doubt that this would be something the Democrats would be itching for at this time. The real fights will come later when actual measures are proposed. Beyond this, I agree with Harp's view that the possible amelioration of NJ's tax revenues over the coming year may decrease interest in reform, and that Christie has to move quickly. I think one of the best things he could do is open NJ government offices to the media (including bloggers) for scrutiny. No doubt security would be an issue, but this is a matter of implementation. As I have said before, transparency, transparency, transparency!
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