Mother Crusader: New Jersey Charter Schools Association's Carlos Perez Misses The Point Yet Again

Mother Crusader: New Jersey Charter Schools Association's Carlos Perez Misses The Point Yet Again:

New Jersey Charter Schools Association's Carlos Perez Misses The Point Yet Again

by darciecima

It's tough being the President and CEO of the New Jersey Charter Schools Association. A fair number of the headlines about charters in this state seems to be about conflicts like the one in Florence, so this is often when reporters go out to Perez for comment. On the Florence situation, Perez came up a day late and a dollar short.

“This is just another example of the education establishment firing its engines back up to stop the growth of a successful public school,” said Carlos Perez, director of the state’s charter school association. “This fight, and the others like it, continue to polarize communities and not focus on moving education forward.”

Poor Carlos, if only you had seen Republican Senator Diane Allen's letter BEFORE you made these comments. Is she part of the "education establishment" trying to "stop the growth of a successful public school" you were