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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Jersey Jazzman: More Angels Under the Bus

Jersey Jazzman: More Angels Under the Bus:


More Angels Under the Bus

An update to my post about two schools in Newark whose students and staff were misrepresented by a child advocacy group, the press, and the Newark superintendent:

Branch Brook is the elementary school with the highest grade three reading scores in the city; Camden Street school (it's not in Camden) has the lowest. It turns out Camden Street takes students from all over Newark with diagnoses of autism, cognitive impairment, and behavioral disabilities.


Yet the Star-Ledger, Advocates for Children of New Jersey, and Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson