NJDOE Coup d'Etat
A couple of bombshells dropped out of the NJ DOE yesterday. First, from Kevin Shelley at the Courier-Post:
CAMDEN - A secret Department of Education proposal called for the state to intervene in the city's school district by July 1, closing up to 13 city and charter schools.But while reserving the right to exercise his "statutory authority," Gov. Chris Christie has no plans to enact the DOE scenario, according to his spokesman.
"It never made its way to the governor's office," said Michael Drewniak. No one from the governor's office was involved in preparing the document, he added.
Justin Barra, a DOE spokesman, called the proposal one of many "recommendations" for the city's struggling school system.
"It is irresponsible to portray this document as anything other than a preliminary look at the options