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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Massive Charter Malfeasance, Jersey Style

Jersey Jazzman: Massive Charter Malfeasance, Jersey Style:

Massive Charter Malfeasance, Jersey Style

In case you still wonder why so many people in New Jersey have so many doubts about charter schools, here's one more reason, courtesy of the Star-Ledger:
Nearly 200 school board members must "immediately vacate their position" after failing to complete a background check mandated under a new state law, a state Department of Education spokesman said today .

Under the state law enacted last year, the only one of its kind in the nation, all school board members, including charter school trustees had to complete the "criminal history review" by Dec. 31.

Officials from the state and the New Jersey School Boards Association sent numerous