Paterson may turn takeover page, while Newark’s state control faces court challenge
By John Mooney
New Jersey’s state control of some of its most troubled school districts saw an interesting contrast in the past few weeks.
In Newark, the state-appointed schools superintendent Cami Anderson launched her plans for reorganizing New Jersey’s largest district before a wary and sometimes hostile community audience.
A few days later in a suit initiated last fall, the first legal briefs were filed in state appellate court on behalf of two groups challenging the state’s 15-year-old takeover in Newark.
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