Comments on Zuckerberg's $100M for Newark Schools

New Jersey Left Behind

Everyone's abuzz over Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's donation of $100 million to Newark Public Schools on the condition that the State turn over control to Mayor Cory Booker. Here's some choice quotes:

From detractors of the donation:
Joseph Del Grosso, president of the Newark Teachers Union, (fresh from his guest appearance on Jersey Shore [JK!]): "Vouchers is not going to happen."

David Sciarra, Executive Director of Education Law Center: "It would be improper under the law for the governor to try to delegate authority to the mayor."

Related: Number of Kids on Waiting Lists for Newark Charter Schools and

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 24, 2010 7:50 PM
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