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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Once Again, Tom Moran Doesn't Do His Job

Jersey Jazzman: Once Again, Tom Moran Doesn't Do His Job:

Once Again, Tom Moran Doesn't Do His Job

I have tried - no, really, I have - to back off of Tom Moran and the editorial pages of the Star-Ledger. But I just can't let this one pass:

In a typically insouciant editorial about the problems with one of Chris Christie's "reform" schemes, the S-L writes:
But it’s not just school buildings that are needed. The instructional programs in the Camden schools are disastrous failures, too.
At Camden Street Elementary, just 10 percent of third-graders read at grade level. At Camden High School, fewer than 17 percent of juniors are proficient in