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Monday, August 6, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: NJDOE Denies Their Secrets Are Secret

Jersey Jazzman: NJDOE Denies Their Secrets Are Secret:


NJDOE Denies Their Secrets Are Secret

Last week, the Education Law Center published a series of "confidential" documents from the NJ Department of Education detailing a "turnaround" plan for schools, paid for with private monies, that would remove schools from local control, negate collective bargaining agreements, and bring in private charter school management companies.

This is the latest chapter in the tale of the Broad Foundation infestation of the NJDOE. But the audacity, scope, and secrecy behind this plan still stunned many observers. How could the NJDOE justify developing such a radical proposal behind closed doors with private monies and no public input?

Simple: pretend the proposal had already been made public.
But the N.J. Department of Education contends it has never tried to hide its