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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

9-3-14 Jersey Jazzman - Is "One Newark" Racist?

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Is "One Newark" Racist?
Is One Newark, the school reorganization plan for New Jersey largest city, racist? Well...- Under One Newark, "Schools assigned the consequential classifications have substantively and statistically significantly greater shares of low income and black students." That's racist.- Under One Newark, "NPS’s black teachers are far more likely to teach black students; consequently, these b




9-2-14 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: An Open Letter to Star-Ledger Editorial Board Director @tomamoranNote: Shortly after I read Tom Moran's piece in the Star-Ledger this past Sunday, I got an email from fellow teacher-blogger Marie Corfield, who suggested we write a response together with our friend and colleague Ani McHugh. We're posting this at all three of our blogs simultaneously, and over at Blue Jersey.Moran ha