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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Mother Crusader: The Paterson Collegiate Charter School Application; New Markets Tax Credits, Part III

Mother Crusader: The Paterson Collegiate Charter School Application; New Markets Tax Credits, Part III:


The Paterson Collegiate Charter School Application; New Markets Tax Credits, Part III

This is Part III of a four part series about the Paterson Collegiate Charter School Application. Part I was about the current state of the New Jersey Department of Education charter application process, and Part II was about Stephen F. Wilson, the lead founder of the charter and also conveniently the founder and president of Ascend Learning, the proposed Charter Management Organization.

Back in July when I wrote about Benjamin Rayer and the approval of his two hybrid charters I noted that he too was both the lead applicant and CEO of the CMO. Looks like this may be a new trend among the applicants