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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Schools Matter: New Jersey Education Reforms: Reckless and Irresponsible, or Just Illogical?

Schools Matter: New Jersey Education Reforms: Reckless and Irresponsible, or Just Illogical?:


New Jersey Education Reforms: Reckless and Irresponsible, or Just Illogical?

Following the State of the Schools Address last week by Ed Commish Chris Cerf, another of Jeb Bush's Chiefs of Change, Bruce Baker took time to elegantly eviscerate the State's  misleading and disingenuous analysis, particularly in relation to low-scoring, high-poverty schools (priority schools).  Below is a small clip from Baker's takedown, which describes the connection among of race, class, and test performance, which the Cerf plan for corporate charter school privatization ignores.  Do read the entire post, for it is relevant to every state where public education is being displaced by corporate-run schools funded with public dollars.
. . . .Most notable, as I show below, priority schools have about 80% of children qualified for free lunch and