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Cory Booker is attracting some serious venture philanthropy to Newark. The cool thing here is that the new fund is set up to work with all charters in Newark and work collaboratively with the school district. And Governor Corzine is on board. And I know, I know, this could destroy the public schools in Newark…

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3 Responses to “Book It”

Corey Bunje Bower Says:
April 29th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Don’t mean to be a pain in the butt, but his name is Cory — no ‘e’
Anonymous Says:
April 29th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
And the first link doesn’t seem to be working…
Eduwonk Says:
April 29th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Thanks, some emails on both problems, too. Appreciated and fixed.

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