New Report: An Empirical Critique of “One Newark”
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Bruce D. Baker is Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Miami and co-director and creator of the School Finance Indicators Database. Widely regarded as the nation's leading scholar on the financing of public elementary and secondary education, he has served as an expert witness in school funding litigation in more than a dozen states and has advised legislatures nationwide on funding formula design. His influence extends beyond the United States: he is collaborating with the World Bank on a global indicator system for evaluating educational adequacy. A 2024 Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, he is the author of three books from Harvard Education Press, most recently Segregation & School Funding (2026, with Matthew Di Carlo), and nearly 90 peer-reviewed journal and law review articles. View all posts by schoolfinance101
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Thank you for this analysis. I pray that the genie is out of the bottle. I am a retired Newark teacher living in Montclair. Until recently the thinking was that what you describe only would effect low wealth, disenfranchised urban areas, yet we are seeing it creep into our “well-heeled” progressive community via common core. Your critique on Newark is valuable in understanding the scope of privatization .