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'Whitening' Of Camden City Teaching Staff Blamed On Growth Of Charter Schools 'Whitening' Of Camden City Teaching Staff Blamed On Growth Of Charter Schools
'Whitening' Of Camden City Teaching Staff Blamed On Growth Of Charter Schools As Camden shifts classroom instruction from public to more privately-operated charter and renaissance schools the city has had trouble maintaining diversity among its teaching staff, a new report found.  The study by the New Jersey Policy Perspective, titled, "The 'Whitening' of Camden's Teachers," concluded that as charter school enrollments grow, Camden is employing fewer black teachers. “The state, which controls the schools in Camden, has plowed ahead with charter school expansion — but hasn’t always stopped to think about the consequences,” said Mark Weber, the report's author. “I…

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by Jon Craig