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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

7-2-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin'

Jersey Jazzman:







In Newark, As Everywhere, Experience Matters
So Cami Anderson will be the State Superintendent of Newark's school district for at least another year. As John Mooney at NJ Spotlight notes, the announcement came at 5:23 on Friday evening: the time when all politicians dump unpopular news on their constituents.And even Chris Christie has to acknowledge that, at this point, Anderson is deeply unpopular. The Newark clergy held yet another rally y


6-30-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin'
Jersey Jazzman: Are Miami-Dade's Charter Schools Really "Impressive"?Picking up where I last left off, let's take a look at some test score results from Miami-Dade, FL and see if the charter schools there -- which are, according to the local press, running wild while making their operators boatloads of money -- are really living up to their hype.For this post, we'll keep it simple (for n