Jersey Jazzman, aka Dr. Mark Weber, teacher, scholar, and blogger, brings the facts about the Newark schools up to date.
He does so in part because of Senator Cory Booker’s campaign, which has prompted news stories about the “Newark miracle.”
Bottom line: Don’t believe in miracles, at least secular miracles.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
time to intentionally and repeatedly rebrand: the nation strategically hears ‘Newark miracle’ instead of ‘devastating Newark fail’
All praise the testing gods who can magically make anything possible when it comes to either praising or condemning public or private and private charter schools.
All hail the “truth” of those statements based on test scores.