Veteran journalist Bob Braun cites a report by New Jersey’s Education Law Center that the planned school closings in Newark may well be illegal.
Superintendent Cami Anderson, appointed by the Chris Christie Administration, plans to close as many as half the city’s public schools and turn the students over to charter corporations.
The Education Law Center cites the lack of compliance with state laws governing facilities planning as reason to believe that Anderson’s proposal is illegal.
Furthermore, a law to block school closings without local approval is moving through the state senate.
Corporate reform just hit another obstacle in Newark.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Bob Braun has been producing an onslaught of great reporting on the situation in Newark. His site is essential reading for anyone interested in school privatization or Chris Christie’s unraveling political career.
Here is a recent excellent report (one of many) about selling public school buildings to private investment groups:
http://bobbraunsledger.com/the-pink-hula-hoop-part-1-is-this-the-future-of-public-schools/
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How can schools be closed midyear, esp multiple schools in the same city, without completely comtorting the education of the students involved?
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^^contorting
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The plan is for September.
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Chris Christie: Corpulent Carrion of Corruption
(No copyright on this. Feel free to pass it around. 😉
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Can somebody post a link to the Rutgers story, on this Opinion piece. I gotta go to work now.
It’s a pundit mourning the demist of corporate reform in New Jersey, repeating the same old lies the hacks told way back in September, when it was an unstoppable triumphalist march.
http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/02/02/opinion-christie-mess-does-major-damage-to-education-reform-efforts/
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