Latest News and Comment from Education

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Where's Cerf's Charter Report? - Day 500!

Jersey Jazzman: Where's Cerf's Charter Report? - Day 500!:


Where's Cerf's Charter Report? - Day 500!

It was 500 days ago today that ACTING NJ Education Commissioner Chris Cerf said this:
Vowing to create "more transparency," acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf today said the state will ask an outside agency to analyze why some charter schools out-perform traditional public schools.
Speaking at a meeting of the state Board of Education, Cerf said "we stand by" controversial data about charter school performance released in January, but acknowledged that "deeper analysis" is necessary.
That data showed that 79 percent of charter schools outperformed district schools