It's Always Good To Be Chris Cerf's Friend!
NJ Education Commissioner Chris Cerf has a history of taking care of his buddies.
He got fellow Broad Superintendents Book Club Academy alumnus Marcia Lyles her job in Jersey City, complete with company car and a hefty relocation bonus. Another fellow Broadie, Mike Myles, was pulling down big bucks as a consultant in Paterson. Broadie Penny MacCormack was getting $1,000 a day as an NJDOE consultant before she was confirmed. Cerf's old pal from NYC and Edison, Joel Rose, got an in on a fat contract in Perth Amboy (no word I've seen yet about whether it went through). Cerf's old firm, Global Education Advisors, got one of the earliest tastes of the Zuckerberg Newark money; so did Bradley Tusk, whom Cerf knew from their days working together for Mike Bloomberg's NYC mayoral campaign. Cerf also knew Cami Anderson from his NYC days; he appointed her to run Newark's schools and has all but assured that she will remain in the position indefinitely.
And let's not forget all the Broadies being placed in the NJDOE, or the charters are being placed into the care ofCerf-approved CMOs.
Yes, it's good to be Chris Cerf's friend. Just ask Mt. Olive superintendent Larrie Reynolds:
He got fellow Broad Superintendents Book Club Academy alumnus Marcia Lyles her job in Jersey City, complete with company car and a hefty relocation bonus. Another fellow Broadie, Mike Myles, was pulling down big bucks as a consultant in Paterson. Broadie Penny MacCormack was getting $1,000 a day as an NJDOE consultant before she was confirmed. Cerf's old pal from NYC and Edison, Joel Rose, got an in on a fat contract in Perth Amboy (no word I've seen yet about whether it went through). Cerf's old firm, Global Education Advisors, got one of the earliest tastes of the Zuckerberg Newark money; so did Bradley Tusk, whom Cerf knew from their days working together for Mike Bloomberg's NYC mayoral campaign. Cerf also knew Cami Anderson from his NYC days; he appointed her to run Newark's schools and has all but assured that she will remain in the position indefinitely.
And let's not forget all the Broadies being placed in the NJDOE, or the charters are being placed into the care ofCerf-approved CMOs.
Yes, it's good to be Chris Cerf's friend. Just ask Mt. Olive superintendent Larrie Reynolds:
The Mount Olive proposal won the approval of Education Commissioner Cerf. Cerf and
