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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: A Small Breakthrough at the Star-Ledger

Jersey Jazzman: A Small Breakthrough at the Star-Ledger:

A Small Breakthrough at the Star-Ledger

Tom Moran's paper finally seems to get it about charter schools:
Superintendent Cami Anderson’s plan to lift student performance in Newark is packed with promising ideas, but two items deserve special attention because they hold lessons for the entire state.
One is her approach to charter schools. Unlike many superintendents, Anderson welcomes help from charters and is impressed by the concrete gains some of them have made. She intends to help the movement expand.
But not unless the charters play ball. Anderson wants them to take on their fair