Newark officially regains schools control after 22 years
Source: Associated Press
David Porter, Associated Press
Updated 1:48 pm, Thursday, February 1, 2018
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Twenty-two years after a state takeover, Newark officially regained control of its schools Thursday, a milestone hailed by local officials as the beginning of a new era for the state's largest city.
Mayor Ras Baraka, a former school principal and son of late poet and activist Amiri Baraka, pushed hard for local control since his election in 2014, but also recognized the efforts of students who organized marches and protests over the years.
"We thank them for their efforts, for their valor, for their risks," he said at a news conference at Science Park High School. "They felt their school system should be moving in a direction they agreed with.
. . .
New Jersey became the first state in the country to approve the takeover of local school districts in the late 1980s, and eventually took control of school districts in Jersey City, Paterson and Camden in addition to Newark.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/After-22-years-Newark-officially-regains-schools-12543559.php
= new reply since forum marked as read
being prepared right now.... This after 17 years of an idiotic state-run "School Reform Commission" that had nothing to do with "education" and everything to do with "financial issues" that naturally occurred due to the state not having a dedicated source of school funding that was fair across the state (resulting in essentially gutting the public school system, closing schools, and replacing them with a myriad of failing charter schools and odds and ends remaining public schools). 
