A few weeks ago at the NewSchools Venture Fund summit, Newark Mayor Cory Booker's jealousy about Washington mayor Adrian Fenty's successful takeover of D.C.'s schools was palpable. This isn't going to help: Governor Corzine has selected, as Newark's next superintendent, Clifford Janey--the very man Fenty ran out of town as soon as he got the reins of the school system. I can hear Fenty laughing now.
