Letter: Charter Schools are Not the Answer
Former District 16 candidate says education reform must have a history of success, address poverty and be inclusive of all stakeholders.
To the Editor:
Before the end of the year Gov. Chris Christie wants the legislature to pass the remainder of his property tax ‘tool kit’ including his education ‘reform’ agenda. And the fate of one of the nation’s best public education systems and thousands of its students hang in the balance.
Out of over 2,400 schools in this state, about 200 are not doing a good enough job educating their students. These schools are mostly in the former Abbott districts, some of the poorest cities in this country, where the Black unemployment rate is almost double the state average, and one in five children live in poverty.
The governor and Acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf, along with their education advisors