Long, interesting week.  In case you hadn’t read, we have a new Gov-Elect in NJ and he paid a visit to Newark on Wednesday.  Check out the 50 million articles on his visit, below.  I stopped by the press conference, as well.  But, the real “celebrity sighting” for me was when I met Vicki-Ann Smith Larson, a student enrolled at Robert Treat who kept repeating to me, “I love Robert Treat” when I asked her what class she was heading to next/who her favorite teacher is/what she wore for Halloween. But that’s for another posting…

Enjoy your news :)

• More reasons to love Joan Whitlow: Her take on Gov.-Elect Christie’s visit to Robert Treat Academy (Me too, Joan.) (NJ.com)
• Ford Foundation Invests Another $100M in Education (some of it is coming to Newark!) (LA Times)
• One of the Ford Projects in Newark: New Fellowship to Attract Science and Math Teachers (Detroit News)
• NJEA Concerned About Public Education Under Christie (should they be worried?) (NBC40.net)
• O-u-t-s-t-a-n-d-i-n-g post from School Finance 101 on why Robert Treat Academy Can’t Be Scaled Up for All Students (SchoolFinance101)
• The Record thinks Gov-Elect Christie Makes a Good First Impression based on his visit to Robert Treat (NorthJersey.com)
• All you ever wanted to know about the NJEA convention and then some… (Press of Atlantic City)
• PolitickerNJ Likens NJEA v. Christie Battle to Ali v. Frazier—I’m just wondering which is which? (PolitickerNJ)
• “Operation Vouchers”: Read Carefully… Christie’s Plans for Education Involve “Tax Credit Scholarships” (Jersey City Independent)
• Asbury Park Press Believes that “Christie provides fresh hope for city schoolkids” (Asbury Park Press)
• Dear NJEA, Its hard to take you seriously when you schedule your convention during the school year (Press of Atlantic City)
• WNYC on Christie’s Speech at Robert Treat (WNYC)
• NJIT Pre-College and Educational Opportunity Program Recipient of Netflix Prize Money (Wired.com)
• In case you didn’t know, Christie Made his First Stop in Newark at Robert Treat on Wednesday (NJ.com)
• Ledger’s Editorial Board Promises “They’ll be watching” Gov. Elect Christie (NJ.com)
• Federal Dollars to Private Education? “Yes, please,” says North Jersey (NorthJersey.com)