- »Opinion: DEP Water Quality Management Rules -- An Opportunity, Not a Battle
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A broader planning framework recognizes that rules are about saying 'yes," as well as 'no.'
- »Opinion: Christie's Call for Compassion, a Good First Step
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Drug courts -- which sentence users to treatment programs rather than jail time -- are not a panacea.
- »Opinion: The Charter School Controversy -- Much Ado About Nothing
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It's time for NJ to catch up with the rest of the country and recognize charters as the natural ally to traditional school districts.
- »Opinion: What Can Environmentalists Learn From the Painful Lessons of 2011?
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»Opinion: Profits and Wages -- a Worrisome Delinking-
Controlling wages helps businesses grow, but without wage increases consumer demand cannot increase.
- »Op-Ed: New Jersey's Comeback is Just Beginning
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We need to develop ways to solve core issues like infrastructure and housing.
- »Opinion: Urban Hope and the Do-Nothing Schools Development Authority
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The Urban Hope Act gives George Norcross just what he wants, a way to clean up Camden.
- »Op-Ed: What Do New Jersey’s Forests Mean to You?
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With 42 percent of the state forested, it’s vital that it remains viable and healthy for future generations.
- »Opinion: Don't Let NIMBY Derail NJ's Medical Marijuana Law
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Not in my backyard is inherently opposed to what makes citizens out of individuals.
»2011: The Year in Review in Politics-
Pension and benefits reform, legislative power struggles, and the Big Guy himself -- Irene wasn't the only hurricane to hit New Jersey this year.
»Counting on Nurses to Fill New Jersey's Primary Care Gap-
Letting advanced practice nurses do what they're certified to do can help ease the coming shortage of primary care physicians.
»Teacher Quality Matters-
Excellence in teaching is a continuum, and campus-based training programs are only the beginning of the journey to master teacher.
»How Will the Garden State Grow?-
Nearly 80 percent of NJ's land area is already spoken for, and we seem determined to exhaust the remaining supply as rapidly as possible.
»For Safety Net Hospitals in New Jersey’s Cities, the Challenges Are Many-
How urban hospitals are using innovative programs to reduce cost and improve the health of their communities.
»By Mandating Transparency, The NJ Legislature Can Protect the Gubernatorial Election-
New 'outside' groups are under no obligation to say where their money comes from or how it's spent.
- »Op-Ed: College and Career Readiness Begins Before Kindergarten
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Without early learning, too many children will struggle forever as they try to catch up.
- »Op-Ed: The Secondary Reforms We Need
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Our secondary schools need resources and innovation far more than they need more standards and tests.
- »Opinion: Slow Down the School Reform Factory
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Mechanistically linking test scores to teacher evaluations means trouble not accountability.
- »Opinion: A Compassion War Against Drug Users
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A dose of compassion needed to end the War on Drug Users.
- »Opinion: Life in the Democratic Lane
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Thanks to education reform, the familiar, well-traveled thoroughfare is a thing of the past.
- »Op-Ed: Regulatory Reform Necessary for Jobs and Benefits to Consumers
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In NJ's telecom sector, red tape and outdated regulations hinder true competition.
- »Chris Christie and the Politics of Cross-State Air Pollution
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Rather than cooperate with the EPA, the governor decides to go it alone, gunning for polluting power plants one by one.
- »Op-Ed: Waiting for Achilles
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Focusing on NJ's student achievement gaps misses the broader -- and better -- picture.
- »Guest Editorial: New Jersey Ban on Syringe Sales Must End . . . Now
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It's time for New Jersey to live up to its tradition of helping its most vulnerable citizens.
- »Opinion: The Latest in School Reform -- Ambition and Arrogance
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NJ wants out of No Child Left Behind. Does it have anything better to offer?
- »Opinion: Clean Needle Bill -- Over the Counter Compassion
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The Assembly votes today on a bill that could save tens of thousands of lives and millions of dollars.
- »Opinion: Strange Weather and Stranger Politics
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The most passionate argument for climate change? The weather of the past three months.
- »Op-Ed: New State Strategic Plan Starts Off on the Right Foot
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But there's still a journey to make before the plan achieves its intended goal.
- »Opinion: Beyond Defense, in Praise of the SBC
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The SBC is an easy target, one that saves commercial ratepayers $11.00 for ever $1.00 invested in it.
- »Opinion: The Balance of Power -- How Much Government is Good for Education?
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Melding local governance and state authority in the service of disadvantaged kids.
- »Op-Ed: It's Time to Repair New Jersey's Broken Charter School Law
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Instituting local control of New Jersey's charters would go a long way toward fixing outstanding problems.
- »Opinion: New Jersey Can't Afford a 'Nuclear Renaissance'
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The smart money in the energy industry should be going to solar power.
- »Op-Ed: Better Pay Formulas Are Not the Answer to Teacher Compensation
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Local autonomy, rather than inflexible formulas, is the key to gauging teacher performance.
- »Op-Ed: Christie Stays At Home
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Gov. Christie may be a 'Jersey guy,' but he's one that lots of folks across the country respect and admire.
- »Opinion: Fire. Aim. Ready. Why School Reformers Miss the Target
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The war of words about school reform makes meaningful dialogue impossible.
- »Opinion: The Solar Opposition -- Left. Right. Wrong.
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These days, arguments against subsidizing solar energy substitute ideology for facts.
- »Op-Ed: New Jersey Can No Longer Afford to Have A Weak Charter School Law
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It's essential to boost the number of institutions empowered to authorize and monitor charters.
- »Opinion: A Time to Stay, a Time to Leave
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By not resigning as EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson did the responsible thing, the honorable thing, and the right thing.
- »Op-Ed: New Jersey's Disposable Children
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What is unfortunate is that so many in New Jersey find the destruction of children of color in failing schools a mere rounding error in our education calculus.
- »Opinion: Hurricane Tea Party, an Ill Wind
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There's something very wrong when the extreme right comes out against trying to save lives.
- »Opinion: The BPU, The Garden State's Green Jobs Machine
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An obscure legal clause gives the Board of Public Utilities the ability to fund green jobs.
- »Opinion: Fake Center, Go Right -- Chris Christie and the Politics of Climate Change
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What happened to the centrist candidate with the winning vision for a green and clean future?
- »Guest Opinion: Capitol Report with Steve Adubato: Obama's Brand Takes Big Hit
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President Obama is a much better candidate and campaigner than he is a Chief Executive.
- »Opinion: Market Rules Trump School Regulations
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In capping superintendent salaries, the Christie administration seems to have forgotten the basic rule of supply and demand.
- »Op-Ed: Vouchers Threaten New Jersey Public Schools
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Vouchers are politically, educationally, philosophically and constitutionally wrong either for one NJ school or for an entire district.
- »Opinion: Helping Steer the BPU Back on Track
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NJ's recent solar surge owes more to federal tax policies than to subsidies offered by the Board of Public Utilities.
- »Op-Ed: Trenton Leadership Needs To Make School Choice Top Priority
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- »Opinion: Will Gov. Chris Christie Rescue the U.S. Economy?
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Default on the U.S. debt is unthinkable. Is there a superhero in the state?
- »Op-Ed: Budget Vetoes -- The Scorpion and the Frog
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Venomous cuts to the New Jersey state budget may have unexpected consequences.
- »Opinion: Eminent Domain, The Next Bipartisan Target for Reform
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New laws are needed now; the Supreme Court can only take eminent domain reform so far.
