N.J. education chief Chris Cerf, Mayor Cory Booker present findings on Newark schools reform
Published: Saturday, February 05, 2011, 3:59 PM Updated: Saturday, February 05, 2011, 6:44 PM
Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf, shown here in this January file photo, today tag-teamed a presentation of their findings about how to reform Newark schools.NEWARK — After months of scouring the books at Newark Public Schools, Acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf and Mayor Cory Booker presented their findings to a group of community leaders in Newark today, charting a path for reform and trying to get city stakeholders on board.
"We should all be here motivated by a sense of moral outrage," said Cerf, who is playing a direct role in fixing Newark schools, as well as finding a new superintendent. "We have big, bold ambitions, and we are not interested in incremental change."
The study was conducted by a diagnostic team and has been underway for roughly nine months. The team, funded by private money raised by Booker, assessed