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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Jersey Jazzman: The Ed Reform Gravy Train

Jersey Jazzman: The Ed Reform Gravy Train:

The Ed Reform Gravy Train

It's a-puffin' into Newark - all aboard!
One of every three dollars of private money spent so far in Newark’s bid to reform its schools has gone to consultants and contractors, many with ties to Mayor Cory Booker and acting state Education Commissioner Chris Cerf, records show.
The records, from the state Department of Education, are part of a spate of e-mails obtained by the Newark-based Education Law Center. They detail for the first time how the Foundation for Newark’s Future has spent the first $13 million of the $148 million donated by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other philanthropists to