Sunday, January 19, 2014

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Newark Charters: Let's Please Get the Facts Right
Laura Waters:Look to our charters. At KIPP's TEAM Academy Charter School in Newark students attend school from 7:30-4:00 Mondays through Fridays and also go to school two Saturdays a month. The school year begins in August and goes through June. TEAM's students regularly outperform peers at other area schools despite similar demographics. [emphasis mine]Facts:TEAM has a substantially higher female
  
1-18-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week
Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekNewark State Superintendent Cami Anderson: "First Amendment? What's That?"I guess we now know why Chris Christie lauded Newark's state-appointed superintendent,  Cami Anderson, at his distraction from Bridgegate State of the State address: they are kindred spirits. Both love to bully underlings, and neither brooks dissent:Councilman Baraka as