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NJ Spotlight | Facebook Founder and Broad Foundation to Pitch in More for NJ School Reforms

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Facebook Founder and Broad Foundation to Pitch in More for NJ School Reforms
If approved, $600,000 from the high-profile private foundations to help with charters, school turnarounds

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By John Mooney, June 5, 2012 in Education |Post a Comment
The Christie administration is harnessing funds from two high-profile private foundations to press some of its statewide education reforms.
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The State Board of Education tomorrow will have two unusual resolutions before it to accept more than $600,000 in outside funds from two foundations:
  • $200,000 from StartUp:Education, the national foundation created by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
  • $430,000 from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, the California-based organization that has helped train and support three of the administration’s top education officials, including 



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