Mother Crusader: National School Choice Group Finds Voucher Allies In New Brunswick; Looking For Spot On Board Of Ed

Mother Crusader: National School Choice Group Finds Voucher Allies In New Brunswick; Looking For Spot On Board Of Ed:

National School Choice Group Finds Voucher Allies In New Brunswick; Looking For Spot On Board Of Ed

by darciecima

I'm staying off this bandwagon...

Back in March Diane Ravitch posted about Rutgers student activist Stephanie Rivera's candidacy for the New Brunswick school board, and asked readers to donate to her campaign. Diane reposted Stephanie's request for help, which talked a lot about the "political machine" in New Brunswick and how for the last 20 years the board has been appointed by the mayor.

Election Day is April 16, and there’s a lot of work to be done between now and then. We’ll be going up against the political establishment of New Brunswick, which until now has been appointing the Board of Education and depriving New Brunswick youth and the community of the justice and quality education they deserve. For the past 20 YEARS, board members have been appointed by the same guy: New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill. And unbelievably, this is the first year in New Brunswick’s HISTORY that the Board of Education is ELECTED.

New Brunswick is right across the Raritan river from me, and I know Stephanie, but I stayed out of it and did not