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Chief of staff for Newark's $200M Facebook grant to step down from Atlanta school board after scandal | NJ.com

Chief of staff for Newark's $200M Facebook grant to step down from Atlanta school board after scandal | NJ.com

Chief of staff for Newark's $200M Facebook grant to step down from Atlanta school board after scandal

George Burns / Harpo Productions, Inc.Gov. Chris Christie, Oprah Winfrey, Newark Mayor Corey Booker and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pose on the set of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in this 2010 file photo. Khaatim Sheerer El, the man tapped to...

N.J. Board of Ed votes to open superintendent positions to non-educators

Tim Farrell/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie pictured in Denville during a press conference last month. TRENTON — It just got easier to become superintendent of a troubled New Jersey school district. The state Board of Education Wednesday relaxed the requirements for...