Christie to keynote N.D. education symposium

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to deliver the keynote address during a daylong symposium on educational innovation and the law at the University of Notre Dame on Friday.

Christie, who was courted as a possible Republican presidential candidate, has made education overhaul a priority. He advocates abolishing lifetime teacher tenure, awarding teacher raises based on how much their students improve on standardized tests and using public money to send children in underperforming public schools to private schools.

The event is part of a yearlong discussion at Notre Dame about education. The symposium will discuss whether the law impedes innovation in education and will consider a wide range of legal issues related to education, including school choice, charter schools and labor issues.