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Monday, February 20, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Cerf Charter Report Hostage Crisis: Day 350

Jersey Jazzman: Cerf Charter Report Hostage Crisis: Day 350:

Cerf Charter Report Hostage Crisis: Day 350

We're only a little more than two weeks away from the one-year anniversary of ACTING Commissioner Chris Cerf's big promise (from March of 2011 - emphasis mine):
Vowing to create "more transparency," acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf today said the state will ask an outside agency to analyze why some charter schools out-perform traditional public schools.
Speaking at a meeting of the state Board of Education, Cerf said "we stand by" controversial data about charter school performance released in January, but