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Monday, December 26, 2011

Mother Crusader: Is the suburban charter school battle Christie's Waterloo?

Mother Crusader: Is the suburban charter school battle Christie's Waterloo?:

Is the suburban charter school battle Christie's Waterloo?

With all of the holiday hubbub this segment almost escaped me.


ON 12/22 WNYC's new Managing Editor for New Jersey Nancy Solomon and New Jersey native and WNYC investigative journalist Bob Hennelly participated in a discussion on the Brian Lehrer show called New Jersey Confirmation Battle. It was an intelligent discussion of the issues regarding Senator Rice's block of Acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf's appointment. At no time was Senator Rice called a conspiracy theorist. Instead, Nancy Solomon detailed Cerf's long history of involvement with for-profit companies that contract with public school districts.


Bob Hennelly pointed out that what Senator Rice is looking for is more transparency in the Newark schools.