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N.J. education commissioner speaks at eighth grade Newark graduation

Saturday, 26 June 2010 16:02 David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger
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State Education Commissioner Bret Schundler gave the keynote address today as 49 eighth-graders graduated from Newark's Robert Treat Academy.

 

"When I was mayor of Jersey City, I worked with others around the state to pass charter school legislation," Schundler told a packed auditorium at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. When he saw his first class graduate in Jersey City he said, "That was one of the happiest days of my life."

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New Jersey Education Commissioner Bret Schundler as a keynote speaker addresses the graduates during the sixth annual commencement exercises of the Robert Treat Academy Charter School at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on 06/25/10. (Mitsu Yasukawa/ The Star-Ledger)
Robert Treat, a Blue Ribbon school founded by Stephen Adubato in 1997, has been praised by Schundler and Gov. Chris Christie as a model for education reform. The K through 8 school takes Newark students via lottery and exposes them to longer school days and years, higher expectations and increased parental involvement.

During the ceremony, Adubato received an honorary doctorate from Kean University for his work in education.

"It's about you," he said to the graduating class. "You are the promise we believe in. God bless you."

 

 
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