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Monday, July 30, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: A Brave, New, Reformy World

Jersey Jazzman: A Brave, New, Reformy World:


A Brave, New, Reformy World

If anyone can explain the Star-Ledger's logic here, please clue me in:
Violent assaults, drug dealing, gang fights — sounds like a poorly run prison. But that’s what kids in Camden have to contend with, when they show up to their public schools. 
The academics are abysmal. The buildings are crumbling and overcrowded. So think like a parent in Camden: If someone offered your kid a chance to attend an alternative public school, in a brand-new building run by a private nonprofit, would