We’re perfectly willing to address poverty in ways that make us feel good, as long as poverty stays in its place.
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It’s time to build support for a regional school
This time every year, many of us get a big emotional lift from the Jazz Festival. And for me, it’s not just the music. It’s all those people. Downtown. The Jazz Festival, Fringe, and other big attractions aren’t the only signs of a stronger downtown. Enough people are moving into the new developments that we’re […]
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Supposed reform of Newark’s schools is a cautionary tale
A friend brought New Yorker reporter Dale Russakoff’s article “Schooled” to my attention. Newark, New Jersey’s school reform efforts involving Governor Chris Christie, Senator Cory Booker, and social media’s boy-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is a must read. Russakoff chronicles Booker’s rise from a sharp, post-civil-rights-era law scholar and community activist to Democratic mayor of Newark, and eventually to a […]
