'Qui ouvre une ecole, ferme une prison'
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"Who opens a school, closes a prison"
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It's not as good as Mass, but pretty close. I work in education in NJ and I think both our K-12 and higher ed systems are very good. They are far from perfect, but the teachers and administrators are paid well. When you pay professionals, they can be very dedicated and work very hard. Example: a teacher makes $70-90k in the K-12 system. Christie set teachers in the public school system back, but the pay is still among the best in the nation.
And might I remind everyone that NJ is the first state in the union to get rid of the bail system? The purpose in getting rid of it is that it unfairly penalized the poor by often keeping them in jail for lack of bond money.
We've now had around 15 months of experience with this new system.
Other states and D.C. have experimented with it or done a partial implementation, but no others have put the commitment behind it that NJ has.
