Newark soon to be overwhelmed by charter expansion: Welcome to New Orleans on the Passaic
The Newark public schools will soon be overwhelmed by a vast expansion of privately-run charter schools–the inevitable result of the deal that was supposed to bring local control to Newark’s schools. The so-called KIPP schools today announcedplans to open five new charters. The hybrid Brick Academy schools–Peshine and Avon–are expected to seek designation as charter schools in the spring. And Uncommon Schools–operating as NorthStar–is seeking city approval to use former Star-Ledger land to build a new charter school.
When all the new charter schools are opened, a possible majority of elementary school children will be placed in these privately-operated, publicly-funded schools backed by hedge fund and other Wall Street money. The dwindling number of the city’s traditional neighborhood schools will become the warehouses for the children with special needs and other problems that the charters won’t face.
Meanwhile, a committee without power or legal authority, the so-called “Newark Newark soon to be overwhelmed by charter expansion: Welcome to New Orleans on the Passaic | Bob Braun's Ledger:
