NJ Spotlight published the following article on 4/03/2014. To read the full article, click here.

Teachers Portray New Evaluations as Too Intrusive, Time-Consuming

John Mooney | April 3, 2014

The binder delivered recently to every state Board of Education member by the state’s largest teachers union is notable for several reasons – including its sheer mass.

It’s almost six inches thick and contains more than 1,000 letters from teachers and others airing complaints about the Christie administration’s school-reform push, especially changes in the way teachers and evaluated.

But how much it is changing any minds on the board or the administration is far less certain.

In one letter, a 30-year-veteran teacher described how she spends all her time documenting “every 15 minutes” of her day and filling out different state-mandated forms.

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