May 1, 2017
AN OPEN LETTER TO BILLIONAIRES DAVID TEPPER AND ALAN FOURNIER
Dear Mr. Tepper and Mr. Fournier:
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April 14, 2017
THE STORY OF THE PIED PIPER
Muhammed Akil’s no strategist. He likes to describe himself that way though. He’s constantly telling people that he’s “surgical” and that he’s “cracking the code.”– he even mumbled that nonsense to me once or twice. Muhammed prefers people call him, “Chief.” But it seems the only people calling him “Chief” are people grovelling to get their hands on some of that Education Reformer money he’s been spreading around town.
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April 12, 2017
Muhammed Akil Has Failed So Why Won’t The Education Reform Donors Fire Him?
Muhammed Akil’s latest brain child “The Unity Slate” has got to be the absolute least qualified slate of candidates perhaps to ever run for the Newark Public School Advisory Board yet the Education Reform Funders are funding them—why?
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April 7, 2017
So here’s the dirty truth about Muhammed Akil and his BIG MONEY BACKERS
Muhammed was discarded by the Mayor of Jersey City—Steve Fulop and immediately began sniffing around for a soft landing. He happened upon some very deep pocketed folk who were looking for a smooth talker who could come to Newark under the darkness of night and sell Newark parents snake oil.
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August 15, 2016
Apparently Black Lives Don’t Matter To The NAACP
It seems that for pennies on the dollar, the NAACP has done what so many have done to Black families for hundreds of years—they’re selling us out.
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June 23, 2016
LET’S TAKE A LONG, HARD, FACTUAL LOOK AT HOW PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTUALLY IMPACT SCHOOL DISTRICTS
It is hard to discount or dismiss the strong demand for public school choice across the city of Newark.
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June 21, 2016
EDUCATION IS A BEAUTIFUL THING IN NEWARK
Public Charter Schools are bringing more than educational options to Newark families—
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June 13, 2016
Newark’s Elected School Board is Model for the Whole State
One of the many nuances that make New Jersey’s education system unique is an ongoing debate regarding whether our school districts should have an elected school board or an appointed one.
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April 28, 2016
HOPE vs. HOSTILITY – Which Toni Baskerville Will Show Up to the Next School Board Meeting?
Let’s begin the Spring season by congratulating Toni in becoming the next President of the Newark School Board.
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April 5, 2016
Poisoned Water Front Stage Today In Trenton: Ras Baraka and Kim Gaddy Show Leadership
The alarming truth has finally been revealed: Our children are being poisoned! What makes this more disturbing is that elected and appointed officials were warned about this over 20 years ago AND THEY DID NOTHING. We are not talking about Flint, MI. We are talking about our Newark children drinking, cooking and cleaning while all running water in nearly 40 Newark schools (and possibly more) is contaminated with dangerous levels of lead. LEAD KILLS!
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