Steve Fulop on Education

	Steve Fulop on Education

Use magnet schools to bring diverse students together

We'll expand the use of magnet county schools to bring together students from a broader geographic area, and require middle schools to combine after-school sports, music, and arts with neighboring districts--because exposure and collaboration are key to bringing communities together. I will double down on building affordable housing statewide, so families of all incomes have the choice to live where they want, breaking down residential barriers that have perpetuated segregated classrooms. Source: Next City on 2025 New Jersey Gubernatorial race , Jan 28, 2025

Returned city public school system from state control

26 years ago, Jersey City became the first city to lose control of its public schools--and hand them over to the state. Today, we are a step away from becoming the first city to get that authority back.

This is a story about policy & public education. It's a story about returning control of public schools to where it should be: local. But it's also a story about something more fundamental--about remembering who our schools, our community is supposed to serve: kids.

In 1989, when the papers reported on why Jersey City schools were being turned over to the state, they said the schools were "crippled by political patronage and nepotism, weak administration and management, fiscal irregularities, and indifference." And they weren't wrong. We had schools that didn't put students first. Someone said we were suffering from "academic bankruptcy."

We have rebuilt "our academic credit." Of course, this is just the beginning. Local control does not mean our schools can't improve. They can. They will.

Source: 2016-17 N.J. gubernatorial campaign website, StevenFulop.com , Nov 1, 2015

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