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A move by the state Department of Education to raise the grade requirements for students studying to become teachers is good news. Standards for teachers should be high.
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- Sexual-abuse lawsuits / Unseemly battle
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Catholic Church leaders are sparing no expense to try to stop legislation that would make it easier for victims of sexual abuse to seek damages in court - a move that sends a strange message at a time when many Catholics are calling for reform within the church bureaucracy and an honest accounting of past actions.
- Downtown Hammonton / Moving forward
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In the movie "Annie Hall," Woody Allen's character compares a relationship to a shark: "It has to constantly move forward or it dies."
- N.J. Turnpike Authority / Overdue reform
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With some issues, you have to wonder why it has taken so long for them to rise to the top of the public's - and lawmakers' - consciousness.
- Charter Tech high school / Filling a need
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We have never been wholehearted supporters of charter schools. By design, they siphon funds from public schools and undermine an educational system that a democracy should want to nurture.
- Special Senate election / Brazen politics
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After the death of U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Gov. Chris Christie faced a couple of tricky choices. His decisions amount to one hit and one very expensive miss.
- Borgata vs. CRDA / Good settlement
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Casino gambling, of course, is a very competitive business, and for much of the industry's history in Atlantic City, that cutthroat competition held back the resort.
- Family Promise / Hands-on help
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We all learned some hard lessons in the recent recession, and one of them is how fragile our lifestyles can be. One layoff, one illness, one unexpected event can lead to extreme changes - including homelessness.
- Sandy grants / Help arrives
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The recovery from Hurricane Sandy has not been easy.
- Sen. Frank Lautenberg / Legacy of service
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U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who died Monday at 89, leaves a legacy of service to New Jersey and the nation.
- Payments to prisoners / Sheer incompetence
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The Office of the State Comptroller is so good at its job of uncovering fraud and waste in state government that its audits sometimes generate more yawns than yelps. Another day, another outrage. This is, after all, New Jersey.
- Wildwood dress code / Policing fashion
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And here we thought "Fashion Police" was just a basic-cable TV show.
- Open-space funding / A careful proposal
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The Legislature appears to moving toward a consensus on a new funding mechanism for open-space preservation - or at least a consensus that a measure should be put before the voters in November.
- Revamping N.J. courts / Judicious plan
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The Sixth Amendment of the Bill of Rights is supposed to guarantee speedy trials. But as anyone who has been involved in our court system knows, the process can be anything but speedy. The amendment doesn't say anything about legal proceedings being affordable, but if it did, we'd be missing that mark as well.
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