By John Mooney
[…]Some names were conspicuously missing from the letter to Christie, including some outspoken critics of the administration like state Sen. Ronald Rice Sr. and the Newark Teachers Union.
Last night, NTU president John Abeigon said he was never invited to sign the letter but nonetheless agreed it was hard to argue with the letter’s intent.
“Of course we’d support additional aid,” he said. “This formula definitely needs to be addressed.” Abeigon added that it was similar to the NTU’s plea to the state a year ago to end additional aid to charter schools to keep them level-funded and to instead divert the money to the district.
“I’m glad that Cerf, Baraka and the legislators are catching up and now agreeing with the union,” he said.
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