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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Pesky Democracy!

Jersey Jazzman: Pesky Democracy!:

Pesky Democracy!

One of my favorite games here at JJ: Can You Spot The Pattern? I'll underline the clues.

Highland Park:
Why is Mr. Perez so hell bent on overriding the wishes of the majority of parents in any given school district? NJ Spotlight wrote a, well, Spotlight on Perez when he came to New Jersey via his native Chicago (are you thinking about Arne Duncan, too? You should be…) Perez worked for the Chicago based Illinois Network of Charter Schools from 2005-2010. John Mooney reports that while Perez took Chicago by storm, with the help of Arne Duncan, he had a hard time increasing numbers in the rest of Illinois.
Both with charter laws into their second decade, Illinois has about 96