By John Mooney
Anderson talks about competition from charter schools, time spent getting to know teachers and students’ families
The presentation was a familiar one, as Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson came before the State Board of Education yesterday with her progress report for the district.
But her exchanges afterward proved a little less predictable, as the embattled superintendent opened up about her own challenges in the community, as well as in the face of the rising charter school presence.
Anderson, chided for her rare appearances at public meetings in Newark, came before the state board yesterday for the annual presentation from each of the four state-operated districts.
And her most provocative comments came after her Power Point presentation, when state board members quizzed Anderson on her sometimes-tense relations with the community and her mixed, if not lackluster, student achievement gains.
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